Archive for April 30th, 2015

Mundelein fire chief retiring

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

Mundelein Fire Chief Tim Sashko, who came to the department as chief in 2007, will leave the department at the end of the week for a post with a statewide industry group. Sashko, 56, will take over as executive director of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, an organization with which he’s worked closely for years.

In Mundelein, Sashko developed a community emergency response team for disaster planning and relief, helped rewrite the village’s emergency operations plan and created the village’s first citizens fire academy. He also was instrumental in the acquisition and restoration of the village’s first fire truck, an effort that coincided with the village’s centennial in 2009.

A traditional walkout ceremony for Sashko will be held next week at the main fire station. It was delayed so that his two sons, who are firefighters in Mundelein and Naperville, could attend.

Deputy Chief Tim Leidig will serve as interim chief until a permanent replacement is named. Lobaito said he hopes officials will be able to make that decision by August or September.

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Wilmette firefighters and village in arbitration

Excerpts from the Chicagotribune.com:

It will probably be Labor Day before Wilmette’s union-represented firefighters and village officials learn how an arbitrator has ruled in a contract dispute between the two parties. Until that time, the 33 unionized department employees comprising the majority of Wilmette’s 44 sworn firefighters will continue working without a new contract, as they have since Dec. 31, 2013.

The main issue holding up negotiations, which began before the last three-year contract expired, is the village’s desire to institute a two-tier wage system for firefighter-paramedics.  Patrick Harrington, a representative of the firefighters, confirmed April 23 that contract talks had gone to an arbitrator for a ruling, and that the two-tier salary proposal was one of the issues. Harrington said both sides had agreed not to comment publicly on the negotiations beyond that.

Non-union village employees hired after Wilmette instituted a new, lower pay scale in January 2011 are paid less than those hired before that time. The move to a dual wage system was part of cost-cutting measures implemented in the 2011 budget. The village’s union-represented police accepted a similar two-tier system in 2013.

 

To view Wilmette’s police and fire contracts, visit http://www.wilmette.com and click on the village manager’s office menu.

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FDIC 2015 (more)

Smeal and LTC had a brochure at the conference showcasing their newly acquired aerial product lines including the Snorkel, TeleSqurt, Squrt, and LTC (formerly LTI) units. Area apparatus were featured heavily throughout the literature.

Smeal Fire Apparatus Company brochure

Smeal Fire Apparatus Company brochure

Smeal Fire Apparatus Company brochure

This from Tyler Tobolt:

Here are photos I took at FDIC 2015. Photos of the new Mokena Engine 91 and Montgomery and Countryside Squad 1.
Thanks Tyler Tobolt.
Mokena FPD fire engine

Tyler Tobolt photo

E-ONE fire truck at FDIC 2015

Tyler Tobolt photo

E-ONE fire truck at FDIC 2015

Tyler Tobolt photo

E-ONE fire truck at FDIC 2015

Tyler Tobolt photo

E-ONE fire truck at FDIC 2015

Tyler Tobolt photo

Mokena FPD fire engine

Tyler Tobolt photo

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