video from Josh Boyajian
Archive for December 7th, 2012
This from Eric Haak:
At 1624 hrs on Friday, December 7th, fire broke out in an abandoned 50 x 125, 2-story ordinary, apartments over commercial structure at the corner of Drake and 16th Street in Chicago. Still companies included engines 38 and 109, trucks 48 and 32 along with the 14th battalion. Truck 26 was RIT with the 13th battalion. 6 minutes after first arrival, companies went defensive as Truck 48 reported a bad roof. At 1635 hrs the 14th called for the still and box followed by a 2-11 alarm 9 minutes later by 2-2-1. Squad 1’s snorkle operated from a vacant lot to the southeast of the fire building as tower ladder 54 took up operations in sector 1 on 16th Street. Tower Ladder 5 operated on Drake, directly to the west of the fire building.
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
Eric Haak photo
This from Josh Boyajian at 5:45PM
I’m at the 2-11 on 16th street right now.. here are a few pics
Josh Boyajian photo
Josh Boyajian photo
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Josh Boyajian photo
Pictures from the Horton Emergency Vehicles Facebook Page
Horton Emergency Vehicles photo
Horton Emergency Vehicles photo
Horton Emergency Vehicles photo
Previous photos are HERE.
thanks Martin and Tyler
This from Martin Nowak:
Here’s a look at the front line rigs of the Willow Springs Fire Department. I am hoping to get better pictures soon. Engine 1911 a KME/Luverne. Ambulance 1914 a 1997-2002 Ford E-450/Road Rescue
Martin Nowak photo
Martin Nowak photo
Martin Nowak photo
The Daily Herald has an article about the City of Elgin implementing a plan to upgrade the public safety radio network to a new Starcom21 system:
Elgin plans to purchase a state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar police and fire radio system that would more than double the current, aging system’s capacity, and would allow emergency responders to better communicate with their counterparts in other communities.
The city council’s committee of the whole gave its OK Tuesday to move forward with a nearly $11.7 million agreement with Motorola Solutions, based in Schaumburg, to purchase a so-called P25 interoperable communications system that uses the STARCOM21 radio system.
The agreement also includes a fire station alerting system and a next-generation 911 system that will eventually be able to accept text messages, videos and photos sent via cellphone, said Pat Hughes, large projects manager for Motorola.
The entire article can be found HERE.
thanks Chris
