E-ONE has begun production of a new engine for Buffalo Grove with shop order #140643

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Sep 28
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire truck being built | Comments off
E-ONE has begun production of a new engine for Buffalo Grove with shop order #140643
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Sep 28
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus | 2 Comments
This from Mike Summa:
Hello,This is the New Lenox Fire Protection District 1976 Pemfab/Conestoga/LTI 750/0/100′. Hope that you enjoy, feel free to comment.Thank you,Mike S.
New Lenox Fire Protection District 1976 Pemfab/Conestoga/LTI 750/0/100′. Mike Summa photo
Tags: historic fire truck photo, Mike Summa, New Lenox Fire Department, New Lenox Fire Protection District, old LTI aerial ladder, Pemfab Wedge cab
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
The Skokie Fire Department once again achieved a Class 1 rating from the Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO). The ISO rating is made up of three main components — fire department service at 50 percent, water delivery at 40 percent, and emergency communications at 10 percent.
According to Skokie Fire Chief Jim Walters, the first section includes looking at the department’s engine companies, pumping capabilities, aerial truck coverage, the amount of personnel during response missions, and much more. Skokie scored 49.19 out of 50 in that category.
For the water delivery system evaluation, ISO looks at the engineering of the system, the capabilities it can deliver, the needed water flow throughout the village, the hydrants, and more. Skokie scored 36 out of 40 in that category.
Under emergency communications, ISO evaluates how the fire department receives calls and how they are dispatched. Skokie’s department achieved nine of 10 in this area.
57 fire departments in the country hold the ISO Class 1 rating and Skokie is one of only 26 departments in the country to also hold accreditation from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.
The ISO evaluation is conducted on a five-year cycle and includes site visits, records examination, and observation. Most insurers use ISO and their public classification for underwriting and calculating premiums for residential, commercia,l and industrial property insurance rates.
ISO ratings range from 1, which is the best, through 10, which is the lowest. A fire department must meet 90 percent of the ISO standards to achieve the Class 1 rating, which the Skokie Fire Department did in each of the three main categories.
thanks Dan
Tags: ISO Class 1 rating, Skokie FD receives ISO Class 1, Skokie Fire Chief Jim Walters, Skokie Fire Department
Sep 27
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 2 Comments
This from Josh Boyajian:
Engine 116 and the group had a fire in a 3-sty, multi-unit apartment building Friday night @ 6354 s Racine. Sounded like they had fire in the walls on all 3 floors in the rear of the building. Engine 116 & 54 had lines lead out and Truck 20 & 41 had their mains to the roof.
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Tags: Chicago FD Truck 41, Chicago Fire Department, fire scene photos, firefighter greets young boy at fire scene, future firefighter helps real firefighters, Josh Boyajian, smoke from rear porches on fire, young boy dressed as firefighter at scene
Sep 27
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | Comments off
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
Three people were taken to area hospitals, one of them seriously injured, following a fire in one apartment in a four-plus-one style apartment building in the 6900 block of North Sheridan Road.
Two people were taken to Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, one of them in serious-to-critical condition and one in fair-to-serious condition, and a third person was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital in fair-to-serious condition.
The three were injured in a fire that was confined to one apartment on the fourth floor of the building.
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Chicago Fire Department Still & Box Alarm with an EMS Plan 1 6900 N Sheridan Rd (fatal)
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Tags: Chicago FD paramedics assist elderly fire victim, Chicago FD Squad 1, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago firefighters after battling a fire, female firefighter at fire scene, female firefighter with hose, fire scene photos, firefighter cools off after fire, Tim Olk
Sep 27
Posted by Admin in Collectors of fire memorabilia | 14 Comments
This from Nicholas Neumann:
Fire Replicas has announced the CFD 1954 Autocar Squads to CFD members, retirees, family, and friends. Qualifying orders can be placed by calling the 1-800 number. The project will be released to the general public later in October on www.firereplicas.com
Tags: 1954 Autocar CFD squad replica, Chicago FD Autocar squad replica model, Chicago Fire Department history, Fire Replicas, Nicholas Neumann
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
Aurora Fire Department officials said they are looking to hire more paramedics as quickly as possible.
To do that, fire Chief Gary Krienitz said he wants the city to change the language in its ordinance regarding the qualifications of safety personnel. He would like it to read that anyone looking to take the test required to be on the hiring list for the fire department already have paramedic training. Aurora needs more firefighters with paramedic training for current staffing needs, and a new ambulance that will be added.
The current hiring list has about 50 to 60 people on it, about 70 percent of which do have paramedic training. But the list expires in November, at which time the city needs to develop a new list.
Krienitz said the city is using a new testing service, which means the pool to choose from should be dramatically increased. He estimated that after the new testing, Aurora would have about 200 people on the list and he wants people who already have paramedic training to be able to get on that new list.
Hiring people who already have paramedic training saves the city time and money. As it is, hiring a new firefighter-paramedic is a two-year process and more time is lost if the city hires someone, then immediately takes that person out of service to take paramedic training. That training also costs the city about $40,000 a person.
Tags: Aurora FD wants more paramedics, Aurora Fire Chief Gary Krienitz, Aurora Fire Department
This from Fred McCahey:
As seen around O’Hare 9-12-16 … changing out a spare rig
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Tags: Chicago FD Squad 7, Chicago O'Hare Airport Fire Department, fire trucks at O'Hare Airport, Fred McCahey, O'Hare Airport Fire Department
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
According to Oak Park Deputy Fire Chief Scott Bartelt, in 2015 the village adopted an ordinance that now requires fire sprinklers in new construction homes. Since then, approximately 15 to 20 homes in Oak Park have been fitted with a sprinkler system.
As part of a FEMA grant-funded program, the village of Oak Park recently hosted several real estate agents for an educational program on how to sell homes protected by fire sprinklers.
In order to showcase the safety benefits of sprinklers, a basket of newspaper was lit on fire inside a small trailer, which quickly spread to a curtain hanging on the wall. The fire spread around the small room and activated the fire sprinkler system, which fully extinguished the small blaze within minutes.
Village officials used the event as a way to highlight the life-safety benefits of fire sprinklers for potential homebuyers, who still may not be used to seeing them in residences.
thanks Dan
Tags: Deputy Fire Chief Scott Bartelt, fire sprinkler demonstration, Oak Park Fire Department
This from Josh Boyajian:
Caught this auto fire @ 53rd and Princeton last week. E50 arrived and extinguished it fairly quick
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Tags: car destroyed by fire, car fire in Chicago, car fire photos, car fully engulfed in fire, Chicago FD Engine 50, Chicago Fire Department, firefighter hitting car fire with hose, firefighters extinguishing a car fire, Josh Boyajian
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