Dennis McGuire, Jr. found this eBay listing for a former CFD Spartan/Luverne engine being offered for sale.
Archive for November 8th, 2013
This from Larry Shapiro:
Alexis delivered Long Grove‘s new Tanker on Tuesday and I stopped by to get some photos. Specs are 2013 IHC 4400 – 2013 Alexis 1250/1850/50A – so#2204
This is replacing Engine 55, not the current Tanker 55. The new unit may run as Tanker 55 or Tanker 56 depending on the situation.
Long Grove Tanker 55 is a 2013 IHC 4400/Alexis 1250/1850/50A. Larry Shapiro photo
Officer’s side view of the new tanker. Larry Shapiro photo
Rear of Long Grove’s new Tanker 55. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Training with the new tanker being supplied by the older tanker. Larry Shapiro photo
Flowing water with the new tanker. Larry Shapiro photo
More photos are HERE.
The Chicago Tribune has an article identifying the deceased from the Arlington Heights fire on Wednesday.
Authorities said today that arson has been ruled out in the deaths of an elderly disabled woman, her live-in caregiver and the caregiver’s daughter, all three of whom died in an Arlington Heights house fire Wednesday. Officials said the fire started in the first-floor kitchen near the back of a property in the 300 block of South Dunton Avenue.
Investigators found a smoke detector with no batteries in it on the second floor of the home belonging to Doris Miller, 93, said Arlington Heights police Cmdr. Mike Hernandez. [He] also said no other smoke detectors were found in the house.
Tetiana Krych, 62, was Miller’s live-in caregiver and Krych’s daughter, Svitlana Kandelis, 40, of the 1500 block of Tahoe Circle in Wheeling, was visiting for the night, said Hernandez. All three women were pronounced dead at the scene in what has been ruled an accidental fire, Hernandez said. The victims died of smoke inhalation and “thermal injuries,” including tissue burns and heat-related injuries, he said.
The most extensive damage was to the back of the three-bedroom house. One corner of the second floor collapsed just as firefighters got to the scene, said Fire Chief Glenn Ericksen.
[Firefighters] first spotted Miller in a downstairs bedroom before removing her through a window. Krych was found in the downstairs dining room area and Kandelis was found near the front entrance, Hernandez said.
“A lot of people try to do many things (in a fire),” he said. “I would like to think so, that (Kandelis) was trying to make her way through the front door, but that’s speculation.” Miller was physically immobile and did not have any family nearby.
The exact cause of the kitchen fire hasn’t been determined, but arson and foul play have been ruled out, officials said.
