Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
The Lockport Township Fire Protection District has been awarded a $329,000 grant to purchase new protective breathing apparatus units and the Burbank Fire Department received $125,000 to help pay for Source Capture Exhaust Systems for both of the city’s fire stations through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
Carpentersville firefighters responded to a house fire in the 1500 block of Amarillo Drive about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon to find flames and smoke billowing out the west side of the home, Fire Chief John-Paul Schilling said. They extinguished the fire in about 10 minutes.
The couple that lives in the house wasn’t home at the time of the fire, but a neighbor told firefighters that two dogs were inside. While searching the home, firefighters found that one of the dogs died in the fire, but they rescued a 3-year-old female pit bull. The pit bull was unresponsive but breathing, so firefighters administered oxygen through a mask at the scene for about 20 minutes before taking her to Dundee Animal Hospital. By the time the dog was receiving treatment at the animal hospital, she was more responsive and had her eyes open.
The cause and total damage of the fire remains under investigation.
Carpentersville FD photo
This from Crabby Milton:
Good Morning. Just in case some of the people aren’t aware of this yet.It promises to be another great one. Crabby Milton
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Excepts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
Evanston Fire Department Division Chief Dwight Hohl joined the fire department in 1992 as a firefigher/paramedic and recently announced he is retiring after nearly three decades of service.
Over the years, Hohl took on challenging roles within the department. He mentored new paramedics in the field, served on the dive team and other committees. In October 2010, he became a captain and then division chief.
As the division chief of emergency medical services, Hohl implemented such programs as community CPR and electronic patient care reporting.
His final position with the fire department has been as division chief of EMA and the Fire Prevention Bureau, where he revised the city’s emergency management plan and provided training to city employees and residents.
thanks Dan
This from Jim Fisher:
These were taken by my father, Ralph O. G. Fisher who was a Chicago fire buff (past president of the 511 Club) and amateur photographer. I am sure many of your subscribers will find them very interesting.
Ralph O. G. Fisher photo
Ralph O. G. Fisher photo
Ralph O. G. Fisher photo
Ralph O. G. Fisher photo
This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-Oak Forest Truck 95, a 1972 Seagrave/Pierce 1250/500/75′ snorkel.Mike Summa
Oak Forest Truck 95, a 1972 Seagrave/Pierce 1250/500/75′ snorkel.
Mike Summa photo
This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:
Snorkels from Geneva
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
The death toll from a Sunday morning fire in the city’s Little Village neighborhood rose to ten Tuesday afternoon after a teen died at Stroger Hospital. The tenth victim was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner as Adrian Hernandez, 14. Hernandez died at 11:12 a.m.
The ninth victim, who died Monday night, was 14-year-old Cesar Contreras.
Authorities have identified the other eight victims as 5-year-old Ariel Garcia, 11-year-old Xavier Contreras, 13-year-old Nathan Contreras, 16-year-old Victor Mendoza, 3-month-old Amayah Almaraz, 3-year-old Alanni Ayala, 10-year-old Giovanni Ayala and 5-year-old Gialanni Ayala.
The blaze broke out in a coach house in the 2200-block of South Sacramento Avenue. A neighbor came home around 4 a.m., saw the smoke and called 911.
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
The St. Charles Fire Department has retained Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) for once again meeting the criteria established through the CFAI’s voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program.
The St. Charles Fire Department is one of only 250 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the CFAI and the Center for Public Safety Excellence Inc. The department was first accredited in 2013.
CFAI is dedicated to assisting fire and emergency service agencies throughout the world achieve excellence through self-assessment and accreditation to continually improve and enhance services to their communities.
The CFAI process is voluntary, and provides an agency with an improvement model to assess its service delivery and performance internally. The agency then works with a team of peers from other agencies to evaluate its completed self-assessment.
Production photos of a new engine being built for the Beach Park FD at E-ONE so 142121
E-ONE photo
E-ONE photo
E-ONE photo
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