Archive for April 22nd, 2018

4-Alarm fire in St Anne, IL 4-22-18

Apr 22

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment

This from Eric Haak:

The town of Saint Anne, Illinois had a 4th Alarm MABAS Box on Saturday afternoon (4/22). The call came in just before 3:30 pm with the report of flames seen from the closet. It was quickly obvious that this was a little more than that as the fire was boxed nearly on arrival and was escalated to a 2nd Alarm minutes later. Very low water pressure led to available resources being spread thin and thousands of feet of 5 inch being dropped across the neighborhood. Eventually a tanker operation was set up as well as a MABAS 27 Engine Task Force request.

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters battle building fire with heavy smoke

Eric Haak photo

Firefighters operate multiple hose lines at fire scene

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

fire department water tender dumps into a portable tank

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Eric Haak photo

Tags: 4-Alarm fire in Saint Anne IL, Aroma Fire Protection District, Beaver FPD Tanker 2, Eric Haak, fire department tender sumps water into a portable tank, fire scene photos, fire trucks at fire sene, Kankakee Fire Department, St Anne FPD Engine 114

Springfield Fire Department news (more)

Apr 22

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | Comments off

Excerpts from foxillinois.com:

On Tuesday, the Springfield City Council unanimously voted the mayor’s appointment of a new fire chief. Chief Allen Reyne was formally a captain so he jumped several positions. He has been with the department for over 18 years.

Reyne takes the position after former Chief Barry Helmerichs retired earlier in April. His son and wife were a part of his pinning ceremony. He said it was an honor to take the lead of a Class 1 fire station.

thanks Dan

Tags: Captain Allen Reyne, chicagoareafire.com, new fire chief in Springfield IL, Springfield Fire Chief Barry Helmerichs, Springfield Fire Department