Archive for February 12th, 2018

Carol Stream Fire District news

Excerpts from wgntv.com:

Several suburban paramedics were hailed as true lifesavers Monday after they saved the life of a man suffering from a heart attack—and they got a critical helping hand from a civilian who started CPR before they arrived.

Wayne Stringham, 64, suffered a heart attack at the Community Fellowship Church. His friend, Joe Gomilar, and another man were right there with him. Stringham had no pulse and wasn’t breathing Gomilar immediately started CPR. Gomilar was able to get Stringham breathing again.

That’s when the first responders firefighter/paramedics arrived from the Carol Stream Fire Protection District. Jeremy Roman, Rusty Grenier, Chad Grandgeorge, and Chris Debold shocked his heart back to normal and administered drugs.

The first responders firefighter/paramedics and Gomilar were meritoriously recognized by the department for their life-saving efforts.

Stringham believes divine intervention played a role.

thanks Dan

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Working fire in North Maine Township, 2-11-18

The North Maine FPD was sent to 9023 Terrace Place for a dryer fire Monday night just after 10PM. Upon arrival companies found a basement fire and the alarm was upgraded for the Working Fire. There was some extension to another unit in the four-unit townhouse and a MABAS Box Alarm was requested. The fire was extinguished shortly thereafter and some of the additional companies were returned. 

Units at the scene included North Maine Battalion 1, Ambulance 1, and Engine 1; Des Plaines Battalion 61, Engine 61, Ambulance 61, and Tower 61; Niles Battalion 2, Engine 2, and Truck 2; Morton Grove Battalion 4 and Squad 4; Rosemont Truck 158 and Battalion 9; Mount Prospect Engine 13; Park Ridge Battalion 35; Glenview Ambulance 7 and Engine 7; and Northbrook Ambulance 10.

North Maine FPD Engine 1

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Firefighters after battling a fire

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fire hydrant buried by snow with hose line

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North Maine FPD Engine 1 Spartan Metro Star

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fire chiefs and Firefighters at fire scene

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Firefighter pulls hose through a foot of snow

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Firefighter pulls hose through a foot of snow

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townhouse fire in North Maine Township FPD

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2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 2-12-18

Chicago firefighters battled fire in a commercial building at 4749 W. Lake Street just after midnight Monday (2/12/18). The fire was discovered by Truck 29 while returning to quarters from a Still & Box Alarm fire. Flames had already engulfed the entire building and the alarm was eventually elevated to a 2-11. The building collapsed shortly after companies went to work. Two multi-versals along with elevated master streams from Tower Ladder 5, Tower Ladder 14, Squad 2A and Truck 29 were deployed. One member from the 5-11 Club Support Service Unit was injured after loosing his balance on a patch of ice and was transported to a hospital.

 

Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14 E-ONE CCyclone II HP100

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fire hose under the elevated train in Chicago

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Chicago fire scene near the elevated tracks

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 5 American LaFrance Eagle LTI

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Chicago FD Engine 113

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Chicago FD Squad 2A

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Chicago FD Engine 117 spare apparatus

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Firefighters direct a master stream onto a fire

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Chicago Firefighter pulls hose in the cold

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Chicago FD paramedics remove an injured person

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Chicago FD Tower Ladder 14 E-ONE CCyclone II HP100

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Chicago FD Engine 95 spare apparatus

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fire hydrant in the snow with hose

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Chicago FD Engine 68 spare apparatus

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