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Chicago Fire Department Working Fire 3900 N Odell
This from Tim Olk:
Chicago Fire Department Working Fire 3900 N Odell
Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Chicago firefighters at fire scene, fire scene photos, firefighters overhaul after house fire, firemen overhaul after fire, Tim Olk
Feb 24
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos | 5 Comments
Here are a few photos of Summit’s new Pierce Saber pumper. It is not in service yet. They are still mounting tools and equipment. It has a 1250-GPM pump, 750-gallon tank, and a 30 gallon foam tank.Jim Skrabel
Tags: chicagoareafire.com, Jim Skrabel, New engine for the Summit FD, Pierce Saber pumper, Summit FD Engine 955, Summit FD fire engine, Summit Fire Department
Feb 24
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order | 5 Comments
From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Congratulations to South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District on the order of their 2021 E-ONE Fire Trucks (Official Site) Pumper!
We look forward to providing you with an apparatus you can trust!
Tags: drawing of a new fire engine for the South Elgin FPD, Fire Service Inc., New engine for South Elgin, New engine for the South Elgin & Countryside FPD, South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District, South Elgin Fire Protection District
Feb 23
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | 1 Comment
Excerpts from the herald-news.com:
The Lockport Township Fire Protection District will hold an informational meeting for residents about an upcoming ballot question on a modest tax increase. Voters in the district will decide March 17 on the district’s first proposed tax increase in 20 years. The ballot question asks residents for the increase of 0.1% of the equalized assessed value of taxable property. For the average family in the district, that increase would be equal to about $66 a year.
District officials will provide more information on the referendum and answer questions at the meeting on March 4 at 6 p.m. at the Prairie Bluff Golf Club, located at 19433 Renwick Road in Lockport. For more information about the ballot question, residents can go to lockportfire.org.
Tags: fire district seeks tax increase, Lockport Township Fire Protection District
Feb 23
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Crash scene photos | 1 Comment
Buffalo Grove police officers and firefighters were sent to Dundee Road and Golfview Terrace Wednesday evening (2/19/20) during rush hour for a multi-vehicle crash with extrication. Units arrived to find three cars with moderate to heavy damage but no entrapment. Paramedics from Buffalo Grove and Arlington Heights evaluated the drivers of ll three cars but no transports were made.
Tags: #larryshapiro, Buffalo Grove FD Tower 25, Buffalo Grove Fire Department, Buffalo Grove police car, Ford Explorer police interceptor, Larry Shapiro, larryshapiro.tumblr.com, larryshapiroblog.com, multi-vehicle accident in Buffalo Grove, shapirophotography.net
Feb 23
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Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
An ordinary day at the ballpark turned into a harrowing fight for survival for one Chicago Cubs fan last summer, and this week he reunited with the man who saved his life.
During the Cubs’ Aug. 5 game, John Ginino was sitting in the stands when he suddenly collapsed. Just a few rows away, Burbank Firefighter Leo Andrade was also taking in the game, and he heard the cries for help after Ginino collapsed. For seven minutes, Ginino’s heart stopped beating. He had no pulse, and was not breathing. Andrade began to perform CPR and ultimately paramedics were able to rush him to an area hospital.
Ginino woke up in the hospital five days later, not knowing where he was or what had happened to him.
After the harrowing ordeal that the two men shared, they have become best friends, spending Thanksgiving together and, of course, going back to Wrigley Field to cheer on the Cubs. Ginino now has a defibrillator device implanted in his heart, and his reunion with Andrade this week is dedicated to one thing: encouraging others to learn CPR, the technique that saved his life in the stands of Wrigley Field.
Tags: Burbank Firefighter Leo Andrade, Firefighter reunited with man he saved, man thanks firefighter for saving his life
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
Chicago firefighters responded shortly before 10:50 a.m. Thursday for a fire in a row house in the 900-block of South Lawndale Avenue in Homan Square. Firefighters arrived and found a man hurt on the ground after the he jumped from the second floor of the burning home. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious-to-critical condition after suffering from smoke inhalation. A woman in her 30s was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition. The fire was extinguished just before it spread to another unit. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Tags: man injured after jumping to escape a fire, two injured during house fire in Chicago
Feb 22
Posted by Admin in Fire Department History, Fire Department News | Comments off
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
The Palatine Fire Department will host a brief ceremony Sunday morning to recognize the service and sacrifice of three Palatine volunteer firefighters who died in the line of duty fighting a fire 47 years earlier.
On Feb. 23, 1973, volunteer firefighters John Wilson, Richard Freeman and Warren Ahlgrim lost their lives fighting a fire in the Ben Franklin store in downtown Palatine. The early morning fire started in the basement of the store and quickly spread throughout the building. Wilson, Freeman, and Ahlgrim were on the first hose line and died while fighting the fire in the basement of the store.
The memorial ceremony will be held at the Palatine Firefighter’s Memorial at the corner of North Brockway and West Slade streets in the village’s downtown. The Palatine Fire Honor Guard will step off from Station 85 at 39 E. Colfax at about 8:45 a.m. and march to the memorial. The ceremony will begin at about 9 a.m. and include a wreath presentation and ringing of the ceremonial fire bell honoring the three firefighters that paid the ultimate sacrifice 47 years ago.
The ceremony is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend.
Tags: Ben Franklin Fire Memorial Service, Ben Franklin Store Fire in Palatine IL 1973, Palatine Fire Department, Palatine Fire Department history, Palatine Firefighter John Wilson, Palatine Firefighter Richard "Dick" Freeman, Palatine Firefighter Warren "Auggie" Ahlgrim
Feb 22
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | 1 Comment
Northfield firefighters were called to 2132 Middlefork Rd on Friday for fire in a house being renovated. First arriving units had fire on the wood-shingle roof.
Tags: Glenview FD Truck 14, house fire in Northfield, Max Weingardt, Northfield FD Squad 29, Northfield Fire Department, Northfield Fire Rescue
Feb 22
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Excerpts from rrstar.com:
The Cherry Valley Fire Protection District wants a proposed $2.25 million bond sale that will go before voters on the March 17 ballot. The owner of a $100,000 home will see a $22 annual increase in property taxes over the 10-year life of the bonds.
If voters approve the proposal, district officials will use the money to pay off debt related to construction of Station No. 2 at 4919 Blackhawk Road, $1.1 million; improvements to the district’s downtown administration building, $92,764; and purchases of two used firetrucks, $780,254; and a new ambulance, $300,000. The district makes annual loan payments of $272,151 plus $77,163 per year in interest which prevent officials from being able to sock away money to pay for future firetrucks and building repairs.
The Cherry Valley Fire Protection District is a separate taxing body from the village of Cherry Valley. The district covers 30 square miles and serves a population of 31,000 people. Station No. 2 was built in 2001.
Like many fire departments around the nation, the Cherry Valley Fire Protection District found it difficult to attract and retain volunteer firefighters. To maintain an adequate level of protection for its 30-square-mile service area, in 2006 the district began to employ full-time firefighters but capital funding stopped. Two years later, the recession hit. The district’s two primary sources of revenue, property taxes and ambulance fees, have failed to keep pace with rising operating expenses.
The district’s operating budget has nearly doubled, from $2.3 million in the 2005-2006 fiscal year to $4.5 million this fiscal year. Of that amount, $2.3 million is budgeted for wages and benefits for the administrative staff, 15 full-time firefighters and 25 paid on-call firefighters. They have instituted several cost-saving measures which included streamlining the district’s fleet of vehicles by eliminating two rescue squads, one grass rig, one ambulance, one utility vehicle, and two trailers. The district’s remaining vehicles, however, are aging and often need costly repairs. Less than four years ago three fire trucks, purchased in 1988, 1997, and 2008, all broke down at the same time. Cherry Valley found itself leasing a reserve fire truck from Rockford at a rate of $500 a day until the trucks were repaired. Other cost-saving measures included elimination of two annual events — the vehicle extrication competition, which Cherry Valley firefighters hosted, and the district’s awards ceremony. The elimination of the two events saved the district about $30,000.
Public presentations about the referendum question are scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 27 and 2 p.m. Feb. 29
Tags: Cherry Valley Fire Protection District, Cherry Valley FPD seeks tax levy increase
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