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Aug 25
Excerpts from the Dailyherald.com:
At a meeting Monday, Gurnee trustees will consider an agreement with FGM Architects Inc. to plan a third fire station on village-owned land on the south side of village. The plan is for the new station to be built behind the Triangle Office Building at 731 Route 21 near the intersection with Manchester Drive.
The village manager said a third station has been in discussion for years and would improve response times when firefighters are dealing with multiple or back-to-back emergencies.
Firefighters at the new station would primarily cover the Route 120 and 21 corridors. The village would not need new trucks, ambulances, or personnel.
Village staff met with three architectural firms on May 8 to decide which one to work with. Officials chose FGM Architects because the firm has completed numerous fire station projects in the area and has a branch specifically dedicated to public service buildings. The company’s fee would be set at 8.75 percent of the station’s budget. The specific dollar amount would be updated throughout the process.
The multiyear capital plan includes $500,000 this year, with placeholders of about $3.38 million in fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
Based on the current timeline, construction would start in the summer of 2021, with completion of the station by fall of 2022. The village board will meet at village hall, 325 N. O’Plaine Road, at 7 p.m. Monday.
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From the Lisle-Woodridge FPD Facebook page:
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Aug 24
Excerpts from foxillinois.com:
Recently, the Champaign-Urbana community has rallied behind a local firefighter battling cancer.
Firefighters face a 9% higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14% higher risk of cancer-related deaths, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). According to the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), cancer has caused 61% career firefighter line-of-duty deaths since 2002.
Part of the reason is that modern-day fires are burning faster, hotter and producing thicker and more toxic smoke. Those toxic chemicals then get trapped inside uniforms. This new research has changed the way crews handle their gear after a fire, like hosing down the gear to remove the soot.
For more than a decade, the Illinois Fire Service Institute has been partnering with other institutions to conduct studies. Many times, they will have a
first responderfirefighter go from live-fire training straight to their research lab. There they can test theresponderfirefighter for chemical exposure. That information is then used to find ways to limit firefighters’ exposure while on the job.Last July, President Donald Trump signed legislation requiring the CDC to start collecting data. A registry was created to study the link between firefighters and cancer. While doctors today still often can’t be certain if a firefighter’s cancer is related to his or work job, this registry will help change that.
From Hunter Klinger:
From Foster Coach Facebook page – Lockport New Ambulance’s 3 & 5
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more photos from Steve Redick of the 2019 Chicago Air and Water show
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This from Max Weingardt:
Highland Park Fire Department with Northbrook, Park Ridge, and Winnetka Dive Training
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Artist rendering of new Huntley FPD fire station
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
Work could begin soon on the Huntley Fire Protection District’s new headquarters and two fire stations. The Huntley village board recently approved site plans for both projects — estimated to cost $13 million.
Construction is set to begin any day on the new 10,239-square-foot fire station on 2.23 acres at the southeast corner of Jim Dhamer Drive and Hennig Road. This will be the fire district’s fifth fire station. The project bid came in about $3 million, nearly $400,000 below the original estimate. Construction will take roughly seven months, with the station operational by February.
District officials are awaiting permits and construction bids on the second project, involving a 12,145-square-foot building addition and site renovations to the property at 11118 Main St., which serves as district administrative offices and maintenance facility.
With the addition and renovations, the 35,690-square-foot building will become the district’s new headquarters and Station 1 and also house a renovated maintenance facility. The addition will bring all administrative offices under one roof, and include firefighter living quarters, training facilities, a fitness facility, and garage parking. Roughly 15 employees will work there during daytime hours. The district’s current Station 1/headquarters at 11808 Coral St., will be vacated and sold upon completion of work on the Main Street property.
The Main Street site plan includes reconstruction of the parking lot on the north and west sides, providing 69 parking spaces — an increase of 34 spaces — and required stormwater detention at the north end of the site and enhancements to the village-owned detention basin north of the Donald Drive/Main Street intersection.
Bids on the new headquarters are expected back next week. Work will be done in phases and will take roughly 12 months to be completed.
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Excerpts from the woodstockindependent.com:
With a more focused mission statement and a new four-year strategic plan, the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District is looking to improve as a professional department. The goals include specifics in such areas as staffing, equipment, fiscal responsibility, response times, health and wellness, and training.
65 percent of voters in an April referendum approved a property tax increase to address some of the problems the chief had pointed out in dozens of public informational sessions around the community. They want to restore staffing to 14 a day, up from the 12 that had been enacted last summer as a money-saving move. They want to bring back the jobs of deputy chief and fire prevention officer, positions that were eliminated to address the district’s financial troubles. Unfunded state mandates and rising pension costs caused the problems.
The district’s mission statement now concisely says the district exists “to protect life and property through efficient and professional service to our community.” That document resulted from two meetings with community members, a risk assessment of more than 900 buildings in the 90-square-mile district, and an inventory of human and physical resources. The ultimate goal of the strategic plan will be to improve response times for fire and ambulance service, which now operates with 35 full-time professionals and several part-timers. Ambulance calls make up 75 percent of the district’s responses.
Once the board approves the plan, administrators will assign various district personnel to carry out implementation. The plan was designed to be carried out over the next four years. As a practical matter, funding from the property tax increase won’t start being available until next May, that will mean an additional $1.25 million the first year.
The plan also will help to determine how resources are used, including personnel, equipment, and money.
But everything the plan envisions would not have been possible without the successful referendum. Once the plan is approved, it will be available to the public on the WFRD website, wfrd.org.
Photos from Tim Olk of a working fire in Chicago 8/20/19
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