Archive for July 20th, 2013

New ambulances in Naperville

Jul 20

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From the Naperville Professional Firefighters’s Page on Facebook,

Naperville Professional Firefighters
New ambulance in service at station 9. It’s sister is also in service at station 4.

Thanks Kevin

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Area units in production at Alexis

Jul 20

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Two local area departments have units currently being built by Alexis Fire Equipment. The progress of these can be followed HERE.

Long Grove tanker:

Chassis for the Long Grove tanker being built by Alexis. Alexis photo

Long Grove tanker being built by Alexis. Alexis photo

Round Lake engine:

Round Lake engine being built by Alexis. Alexis photo

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wilmette firefighters make rescue

Jul 20

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this from Tim Olk:

an early morning fire in a condo on Ridge in Wilmette. Wilmette firefighters made quick work of a fire in one unit and found the 101 year old resident laying next to the bed with the help of a TIC.

she was transported to Lutheran General Hospital and underwent hyperbaric treatment

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Down memory lane …

Jul 20

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Another installment from Steve Redick:

Once again trolling through the archives I found some shots I took on February 15 1975. a 5-11 at 95 W Roosevelt in a big vacant warehouse. It was cold and snowy.Very overcast as well. The last photo with 19 and 42 was interesting. All the smoke was coming out of 42..they blew something in the engine with a loud boom and started smoking…eng 19 was going to hook up in their place. I wish I would have taken more shots but I had slow film and the lighting was very poor. If I had the gear I have now…….

Steve