Feb 27
Excerpts from wspynews.com:
A group of Oswego firefighters and paramedics helped deliver a baby boy at a home on Kevin Ln. in unincorporated Oswego. Oswego Firefighter Jon Vickery says this is the first time in his career he’s ever been on a birth call in the home setting.
While he took the lead, he says he couldn’t have made the delivery without the help of his crew.
They are trained to deliver a child, but he says it had been a few years since he went through his OB unit training.
thanks Dan
Updated production photos at E-ONE showing one of three engines being built for Chicago so #140846
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Feb 27
The former Oak Lawn aerial that went to the Brooklyn Park Fire Department in Anne Arundel County, Maryland was spotted on the Patriot Fire Facebook page recently
Patriot Fire photo
Patriot Fire photo
Patriot Fire photo
Patriot Fire photo
Patriot Fire photo
Patriot Fire photo
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
Mount Prospect has agreed to pay the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District nearly $2 million over the next three years.
The state requires the village to pay the fire protection district a five-year prorated tax levy payment for newly annexed properties formerly served by the district.
But trustees on Tuesday agreed an accelerated three-year plan presented to the board by Fire Chief Brian Lambel, under which the village would provide payments of $665,000 to the district for each of three years. The agreement, which has also been approved by the fire district’s board, precludes court proceedings between the village and the district.
Last year, Mount Prospect annexed the Lynn Court, Addison Court, Busse Road, East of Creek, Malmo Drive, Nordic Road and Carboy Road territories, as well as the United Airlines property. Before to the annexation, the fire district contracted with American Fire and Rescue to provide emergency services.
“This provides financial stability to the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District to be able to operate for the next three years,” Lambel said.
Under the agreement, the Mount Prospect Fire Department still will provide continuing education to Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District paramedics, while the district will continue to provide mutual aid to Mount Prospect. In addition, both parties agreed to establish a long-term plan for fire protection services to the unincorporated areas.
For several years, the fire protection district expressed concerns over Mount Prospect’s annexations, warning that they would erode the district’s tax base to the point where it would eventually face extinction. Lambel said the village has been in discussions with district Chief Michael Nelson and two members of the district’s board.
“Our goal,” he said, “is to provide options for the district on the future of the incorporated areas and the fire department as a whole.”
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