This from Larry Shapiro:
Here are a few images from a four ambulance, two-car crash in Wheeling this morning on Milwaukee Avenue at East Jeffery Avenue.
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Posts Tagged Wheeling Fire Department
MVA in Wheeling, 10-29-24
Oct 29
Wheeling Fire has changed apparatus and stations numbers due to thechange over to Northwest Central Dispatch down the line.Station 23 now Station 43Station 24 now Station 44Station remains Station 42
thanks Bob
Found at govdeals.com:
2008 Chevrolet Express
$2,276.00 USD (29 Bids)Closes: 3d (Mar 26, 2024 11:00 AM CDT)$25.00 USD Bid Increment
Location: Wheeling, Illinois, USA
2008 Chevrolet Express
Miles 73,688.00 (Accurate?: Yes)
Clean Title
VIN/Serial 1GNFH154681150373Lot# 491-285, Inventory ID 602
2008 Chevrolet Express SPORTS VAN, 5.3L V8 OHV 16V.
Starts, runs, drives. Has dings, dents, scratches, rust, creases as pictured. Has rust on lower rocker panels. Has holes in body from removed emergency lighting. Inside was set up as an incident command center as pictured. Original seats are inside the van uninstalled.
* Condition of all items are “As is, Where is”.
** Only the items(s) described herein are included for sale regardless of what else is pictured.
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Village of Wheeling photo
thanks Martin
Found at govdeals.com:
1999 Ford F-450 SD
$2,100.00 USD (23 Bids)Closes: 3d(Mar 26, 2024 11:00 AM CDT)$25.00 USD Bid Increment
Online Auction
Location: Wheeling, Illinois, USA
1999 Ford Model F-450 SD
Miles 12,426.00 (Accurate?: Yes)
Clean Title
VIN/Serial 1FDXF46S0XED51383
Lot# 491-284, Inventory ID z-650
1999 Ford F-450 SD CHASSIS AND CAB, 6.8L V10 SOHC 20V.
Starts, runs, drives. Has dings, dents, scratches, rust, creases as pictured. Comes with Fast Attack basic pump, tank and booster reel for brush fire fighting as attached.
* Condition of all items are “As is, Where is”.
** Only the items(s) described herein are included for sale regardless of what else is pictured.
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thanks Martin
Wheeling and Prospect Heights firefighters transported five patients to area hospitals from a three-car MVA Sunday night on Route 83 at Jenkins Court. All three Wheeling ambulances were at the scene along with Battalion 24, both Wheeling engines, and Prospect Heights Ambulance 9.
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Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
Scott A. Salela, most recently the division chief of support services with the Naperville Fire Department, will succeed Mike McGreal as the new chief of the Wheeling Fire Department.
The search for a chief began in October, and Salela was among 37 candidates for the post, seven were interviewed, and four were finalists.
Salela is expected to begin his new job Feb. 20 and receive a $180,000 base annual salary.
Formed in 1896, the Wheeling Fire Department was a volunteer organization until 1969, and Salela will be just its third chief.
thanks Tim
From the PHFD BC assigned to the fourth floor:
The crews did a fantastic job at the structure fire in Wheeling. The Fire Attack Lead-Out from the standpipe used all three 75-foot sections of 2-inch hose to reach the fire unit. As a reminder, Wheeling and Prospect Heights utilize the same 2″ Denver Load Packs. Excellent job by E39 applying water from the exterior with a 2 1/2″ prior to Wheeling E23 having their 2″ line in place. The exterior attack really helped E23 get their line deployed. E23 had a pressure of 140psi at the gauge.
I am also told there was significant spalling of the precast concrete ceiling/floor inside the fire unit.
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Prospect Heights Fire District photo
Wheeling and Prospect Heights firefighters were sent to 375 Plum Creek Drive on Tuesday morning after a Wheeling Police Department Community Service Officer spotted heavy smoke from a fourth floor apartment. On arrival, flames and smoke were pushing out of a fourth floor balcony in the center of the building with extension to the fifth floor balcony. Wheeling Truck 24 hit it with an elevated master stream and Prospect Heights Engine 39 stretched a 2 1/2″ line to hit it from the base of the building before crews got into place for an interior attack.
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Firefighters from Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, and Wheeling along with police officers from Buffalo Grove and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded to a reported car fire Wednesday night near Dundee Road and Buffalo Grove Road. The police arrived first and reported a vehicle fully engulfed by fire on Buffalo Grove Road at East Park Place, which is almost a quarter of a mile south of Dundee Road in a small area of unincorporated Cook County that is within the Prospect Heights Fire District (PHFD).
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The area which is without hydrants, is served through an agreement between the PHFD and Buffalo Grove. The initial response included Prospect Heights Battalion 9 with Ambulance 9 along with Buffalo Grove Tower 25. While en route, Battalion 9 requested a second engine after the report of a well-involved car fire and Wheeling Engine 24 was added to the response. A Buffalo Grove ambulance was sent at the request of Tower 25 upon their arrival and the discovery of a two-vehicle crash. Prospect Heights Tanker 9 was added to the response in lieu of using a several block supply line as it became evident that the tank water from both the tower and the engine was not going to be sufficient.
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The car’s occupant self extricated and it appeared that the driver of the pickup truck may have fled the scene before the police arrived. One person was transported to the hospital and several others signed releases at the scene.
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