The Buffalo Grove Honor Guard participated in a local ceremony at Cooper Middle School in honor of Veteran’s Day. Additionally, Buffalo Grove FD/PM Jim Carroll, a former US Marine, addressed the students, staff, and visitors at the event.
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro has more images from the full event HERE.
Tim Olk submitted some quick phone images of an overnight fire that destroyed a large house in Lake Forest at 1150 Keswick Lane.
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Firegeezer.com found this documentary project not he Iroquois Theater Fire in 1903
The Glenview Announcements has an article on the updated progress of the new headquarters fire station to be built for the Glenview Fire Department.
Glenview officials on Wednesday approved the larger of two designs for a new downtown fire station headquarters.
Trustees asked architects to design a facility with three vehicle bays and nine firefighter rest bunks for $6.3 million. The original plan was for 2 ½ bays and six bunks for future expansion at $5.6 million.
Also, a peaked roof to hide mechanical equipment and a tower to comply with downtown designs were added to the plan.
“Expanding could cost a lot more later. I’m comfortable with (Fire Chief Wayne Globerger’s) need for a third bay,” Britton said.
Trustees also approved design appearances, such as banded-stone exterior facades, pilasters and a mid-building tower.
“The fire station should compliment other buildings in the area. It’s a long-term, and should be a marquee and held to the same standards as other contracted buildings,” Trustee Michael Jenny said. In May, trustees voted to support a new fire station and headquarters next to Village Hall on Waukegan Road.
In December 2012, the Village Board approved a plan to demolish and redevelop the old fire station headquarters at 1815 Glenview Road into a four-story structure that includes 142 rentals with first-floor retail storefronts.
Nov 9
From Drew Smith:
Ran across this in an old manual down at the CFD academy…
A reader has asked for information and specs corresponding to the 1970s series Oshkosh/Pierce/Snorkel that saw service in Elk Grove Village.
Elk Grove Village Fire Department Snorkel.
thanks Scott for supplying the photo
The following is a reprint from a local newspaper when the unit was delivered:
Some will notice that;
Dennis McGuire, Jr. found this eBay listing for a former CFD Spartan/Luverne engine being offered for sale.
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.
This from Larry Shapiro:
Prospect Heights had a three ambulance response to an MVA on Schoenbeck Road at Willow Road just before 6PM. They found a Nissan SUV on it’s side with two unbelted occupants precariously positioned inside. They removed the windshield and the rear tailgate to facilitate removal of the victims. Two were transported and the third ambulance was returned.
I arrived a bit late, just as they had finished removing the 2nd patient. Here are some shots of the scene and there are more on my site HERE.
The 2nd patient is removed from the car. Larry Shapiro photo
Packaging the patient for transport. Larry Shapiro photo
Cribbing to stabilize the vehicle. Larry Shapiro photo
An overall view of the scene. Larry Shapiro photo
The rear tailgate was removed for access to the patients. Larry Shapiro photo
The light tower on Squad 9 was deployed to illuminate the scene. Larry Shapiro photo
The tow operator pulls the car onto it’s wheels.Larry Shapiro photo
You are currently browsing the archives for November, 2013
For the finest department portraits and composites contact Tim Olk or Larry Shapiro.
