Dec 13
From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Thank you and congratulations to the Gurnee Fire Department on their order for a new 2015 Ford Type I Road Rescue Ultramedic Ambulance! We look forward to delivering their third Road Rescue early next summer!
Dec 12
Dec 12
The Chicago Tribune has this article:
The Winnetka Village Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the purchase of a $568,722 fire engine, and an appreciative local resident stepped up and offered to pay for the new vehicle’s bell.
Winnetka Fire Chief Alan Berkowsky said the purchase of a 2015 pumper fire engine from the village’s sole bidder, Smeal Fire Apparatus Company, is needed to maintain a reliable fleet, as the fire department is retiring a fire engine purchased in 1996.
The village will save roughly $17,000 by using Smeal’s pre-payment option, Berkowsky said, and the fire engine’s price is also less than the $615,000 the fire department had budgeted for the purchase.
The new fire engine will be rotated with a fire engine the department purchased in 2000, while officials hope to sell the 1996 vehicle for roughly $30,000, Berkowsky said.
Stepping up following the council’s unanimous approval of the purchase of the fire engine, Winnetka resident John Roberts expressed his gratitude to the fire department, which he said recently assisted his family during an emergency at their home. “I’d like to provide a bell in honor of the Winnetka firefighters from the past present and future,” Roberts said. “We had an occasion for the fire department to visit, and they were overwhelmingly professional and courteous, and showed kindness and empathy,” said Roberts, who did not specify the amount of his donation, nor the cost of the fire bell.
Production photos from the Ferrara website of a new engine being built for the Pingree Grove FPD
Type: Custom Rescue Pumper
Chassis: Cinder custom chassis
Body: Stainless Steel
Pump: Waterous CSU 1250-2000 GPM
Tank: 750 gallon water
Ferrara Cinder cab and chassis for the Pingree Grove FPD. Ferrara photo
The Daily Herald has this article:
Fallout from a failed referendum request for ambulance service in and around Antioch has begun, sparking plans to again ask voters to approve a new tax to pay for the calls. As of 6 a.m. Dec. 1, the on-duty staff at the Antioch Fire Department was reduced from 11 to eight, leaving one of the three district stations unstaffed.
That means fewer people are covering a 36-square-mile area in and around the village, with no crew on duty at Station 3, 24675 W. Grass Lake Road. Stations at 700 Deep Lake Road and 835 Holbek Drive each will be staffed with a crew of four.
Funding has been an issue since last May, when the fire district did not renew a contract with the Antioch Rescue Squad and consolidated operations under the Antioch Fire Department. That left the district and village to split the cost of ambulance service. But with no specific property tax line item as a source of funding, both began burning through reserves.
In November, voters in Antioch and the unincorporated areas of the fire district by an overall 4-3 ratio rejected a question that would have established a taxing category for ambulance service. The request would have cost the owner of a home valued at $100,000 about $83 each year and provided a total of $1.5 million annually for ambulance service.
Within the past two weeks, fire and village officials in separate actions authorized placing the same question on the April 7 general election ballot. Village funding for the service comes from its general fund, which pays for all day-to-day services, a situation that didn’t exist previously. At the same time, the village board is considering reductions in other services to plug the gap.
The department has no plan to convert to full-time firefighters, as that would require pension payments and other expenses, for example. He also said there is no legal requirement that ambulance service be provided. If the referendum request fails again, ambulance service could be curtailed or eliminated, officials said.
thanks Dan
Dec 11
This fro Brad Steinweg:
Here’s a pic I got of Lansing’s rollover at 186th & Burnham. Happened around 22:45. 2 transports, unknown condition
-Brad S
Rollover in Lansing, IL 12-10-14. Brad Steinweg photo
Images from Steve Redick of yesterday’s 2-11 Alarm fire
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Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Additional images are at firescenes.net
Video from Steve Redick at the 2-11 Alarm fire (Wednesday)
Images from Tim Olk:
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Tim Olk photo
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Tim Olk photo
Additional images along with radio traffic are at Firescenes.net
This from Bill Friedrich:
Prior to Engine 104’s station being closed these were the last suppression companies to run out of there 24×7. Michigan Avenue was not a very busy street on the weekends. After closing the station, Engine 104 was assigned to Engine 1’s house and 4-2-4 was assigned to Engine 26’s house. A very sad day for this old fire station.Bill Friedrich
CFD Command Bus 4-7-4 1955 Flxible Bus (X-CTA) Shop ID#G-382. Bill Friedrich photo
Former Chicago FD Engine 104, 1974 Mack MB/Howe 1250/500. Bill Friedrich photo
CFD Engine 104’s quarters at 1401 S. Michigan Avenue. Bill Friedrich photo
Chicago had a 2-11 Alarm today in the former quarters of Engine 104 at 14th and Michigan Avenue.
From CFD Media:
The 211 at 1401 michigan is the old quarters of engine 104. Firehouse built in 1905 limestone and yellow brick
Engine 104 firehouse was also used in making of backdraft movie. Still heavy fire now ….9:47AM
CFD Media photo
CFD Media photo
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