This from Drew Gresik:
Here is a shot of the new North Riverside tower ladder, a 2016 Pierce Velocity 2000/300/100′ RM. It was a demo, and it is not in service yet. Pierce serial number #28875.
Nov 28
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery | 12 Comments
This from Drew Gresik:
Here is a shot of the new North Riverside tower ladder, a 2016 Pierce Velocity 2000/300/100′ RM. It was a demo, and it is not in service yet. Pierce serial number #28875.
Tags: Drew Gresik, New tower ladder for North Riverside FD, North Riverside FD buys Pierce demo, North Riverside Fire Department, Pierce Velocity tower ladder
Nov 28
Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Fire Department News, New Delivery | 4 Comments
From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:
Brand new on a custom Horton conversion Freightliner on a chassis
This is the second new ambulance for Buffalo Grove
Tags: ambulance on Freightliner M2106 chassis, ambulance photos, Buffalo Grove Fire Department, chicagoareafire.com, Foster Coach Sales, Horton Type I Additional Duty Ambulance, new ambulance for Buffalo Grove
Nov 27
Posted by Admin in Burn down fire photos, Fire Department News, Training | 3 Comments
This from Tim Olk:
Live fire training for the Big Rock Fire Department on Saturday (11/26/16) – part 1
Tags: Big Rock Fire Protection District, live-fire training for firemen, roof operations training for firefighters, roof ventilation training for firefighters, Tim Olk
Nov 27
Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Fire Department News, New Delivery | Comments off
From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:
Brand new custom Horton conversion on a Freightliner chassis
Tags: ambulance photos, Foster Coach Sales, Freightliner, Horton Type I Additional Duty Ambulance, Morton Grove Fire Department, new ambulance for Morton Grove
Nov 27
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | Comments off
This from Drew Gresik:
The city had a fire in a vacant house at 4620 W Superior around 2200 hours on 11/26/16. Three lines were led out and the roof was opened by T26. The 20×20 frame garage burned completely to the ground and companies had heavy fire inside the home on arrival.Drew Gresik
Tags: Chicago FD Engine 117, Chicago FD Engine 95, Chicago FD Squad 2, Chicago FD Squad 2A, Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14, Chicago FD Truck 26, Chicago Fire Department, Drew Gresik, fire scene photos, house fire in Chicago
Nov 27
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery | Comments off
This from the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Congratulations to Aurora Fire Department on the delivery of two 2016 E-One pumpers. We thank you for your purchase and look forward to working with you again.
Tags: Aurora FD Engine 12, Aurora FD Engine 5, Aurora Fire Department, E-ONE Cyclone II engine, fire engine photos, Fire Service Inc., new fire engines for Aurora FD
Nov 26
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Scene photos, Historic Fire Photo | 2 Comments
This from Larry Shapiro:
Here are some shots from a 3-11 Alarm fire 10 years ago this week (11-23-06) at 2517 W. Devon Ave
more photos at shapirophotography.net
Tags: 3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, Chicago FD Squad 2, Chicago Fire Commissioner Raymond Orozco, Chicago fire scene photos, Larry Shapiro, Rev. Thomas Mulcrone chaplain of the Chicago Fire Department, shapirophotography.net
Nov 26
Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Fire Department News, New Delivery | 8 Comments
This from the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Congratulations Chicago Ridge Fire Department on the delivery of their new ambulance. It’s a 2016 Road Rescue Type I Ford 4×4. We thank you and look forward to working with you again.
Tags: ambulance photos, Chicago Ridge Fire Department, new ambulance for Chicago Ridge, Road Rescue Type I ambulance
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
A group of Aurora firefighters has been honored for a water rescue after a car went into a retention pond over the summer.
The Aurora Exchange Club has named Battalion Chief Dan Osman, Lt. Jason Equi, Firefighter Dan Murphy and Firefighter-Paramedics Jeff Kerley, Matt Acuff and Matrin Valenzula as the Firefighters of the Year in Aurora for 2016 for their actions during the water rescue in June.
At 8 a.m. June 19, Aurora firefighters responded to an industrial area on the 300 block of Marshall Avenue for an occupied vehicle in a retention pond. They found three Aurora police officers and a 50-year-old Aurora man who witnessed the crash in the pond, trying to turn a car upright so they could get to two men trapped inside. The officers tried several times to open the car’s doors or break its windows. When those efforts failed, the officers and witness worked together to flip the car upright.
They got the car turned over. Osman, Murphy, Acuff and Kerley entered the water without hesitation and regard for their personal safety and started trying to free the two men. Although the car was upright again, the front end and passenger compartment were still completely submerged, making it impossible to see the two men inside.
“The firefighters had to rely on their sense of touch in the extremely murky water in order to locate the trapped men,” according to the news release.
Murphy on the driver’s side and Osman on the passenger side reached through the windows and used knives to cut the seat belts, freeing the men, according to the news release. Both were unconscious and not breathing. They passed the men off to waiting firefighters and paramedics on the shore. Equi and Valenzuela assisted on the call.
The passenger, Dawa Tamang, 48, of the 300 block of Westpark Avenue, Aurora, died that night. He was apparently teaching a 33-year-old relative, who survived, how to drive in a parking lot, the Beacon-News previously reported.
The younger man was apparently trying to park in a spot near the pond at 7:55 a.m. when the car suddenly accelerated, drove over some bushes and into the pond, police previously said. The two men were trapped in the car in about four to eight feet of water for about 10 minutes.
“The firefighters and paramedics on scene worked under tremendous pressure to save the lives of the two men,” Aurora Fire Chief Gary Krienitz said in the fire department’s news release. “Because of their efforts, one victim survived with minimal long-term effects. Unfortunately, the other man passed away and our condolences go out to his family. While the efforts of everyone were truly heroic, Dan Osman, Jason Equi, Dan Murphy, Matt Acuff, Jeff Kerley, and Martin Valenzuela clearly demonstrated courage and dedication in the face of danger under adverse conditions without concern for their personal safety.”
thanks Dan
Tags: Aurora Fire Department, Battalion Chief Dan Osman, Firefighter Dan Murphy, Firefighter-Paramedic Jeff Kerley, Firefighter-Paramedic Matrin Valenzula, Firefighter-Paramedic Matt Acuff, Firefighters honored for bravery, Lt. Jason Equi
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