From the January 14, 2020 Pleasantview FPD board meeting
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Archive for April, 2020
From the Union FPD Facebook page:
Photos of our new 1250/3500 Midwest Tender delivery late May2020.
Midwest Fire Trucks photo
Midwest Fire Trucks photo
Midwest Fire Trucks photo
From the SentinelES Facebook page:
NEW DELIVERY!!! ? This Rosenbauer top mount pumper was delivered to the Troy Fire Protection District in Shorewood, Illinois in March. THANK YOU Chief Andrew Doyle and the Troy FPD for your business. Congratulations on your FIRST Rosenbauer! ???
Features include:
? Commander chassis 70″ long with 11″ raised roof
? FX 3/16″ aluminum body
? Task Force Tips monitor
? 750 gallons of water
? 1500-GPM pumpFor a complete list of features and more photos visit our website:
Sentinel Emergency Solutions photo
Sentinel Emergency Solutions photo
Sentinel Emergency Solutions photo
Sentinel Emergency Solutions photo
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
The Northwest Central Dispatch System plans to go to court Friday to try to get the Cook County Department of Public Health to release information on confirmed COVID-19 patients in the Northwest suburbs. The anticipated filing of a temporary restraining order in Cook County circuit court follows an unsuccessful lobbying effort by the Arlington Heights-based dispatch system and elected officials in some of its 11 member communities.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle turned down the request, while a resolution to provide addresses of COVID-19 patients sponsored by six county board members was sent to committee Thursday. That resolution earned letters of support from mayors and village presidents in Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Palatine, and Wheeling.
Officials from the dispatch system, which answers 911 calls for police and fire departments in the Northwest suburbs, argue that having information on coronavirus patients would increase the safety precautions paramedics, police, and firefighters take before they arrive at emergency calls. Dispatchers planned to enter the information into their computer-aided dispatch system as premise warnings when sending police or fire to an address, but vowed to remove the information after an agreed amount of time.
“My personal position had been that we should follow Illinois Department of Public Health guidelines,” Preckwinkle said. “My understanding is that those guidelines suggested that
our first respondersemergency personnel should assume that any residence that they go to is possibly infected by COVID-19 since 80% of the people who get the disease have either mild symptoms or are asymptomatic.”That’s a similar view to that of the McHenry County Health Department, which declined to provide names of COVID-19 patients until the McHenry County sheriff and four police departments sued earlier this month. A judge ruled that the names should be provided but must be kept confidential and purged from the 911 dispatch system seven days after the health department deems a patient is no longer contagious.
Lake County Health Department officials also have opted not to provide patient information to police and
first respondersfirefighters.
This from Steve Redick:
Box at 3803 W. Grand Avenue, Thursday 4/23/20. Vacant building, the site of previous fires.
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Steve Redick photo
Found on Facebook – New Naperville FD Tower 10
Naperville FD photo
Naperville FD photo
Naperville FD photo
Naperville FD photo
From Oak Lawn EMS-Fire-Rescue on Facebook:
MABAS Division 21 Box 12- At 11:55PM, OLFD responded to a structure fire on S. 55th Ave in Oak Lawn with support from our mutual aid partners. The fire was extinguished. No one was home at the time of the fire. No injuries. Cause is under investigation. #YourLifeOurMission #ISOClass1
Excerpts from ABC7Chicago.com:
A funeral was held Wednesday for Edward Singleton, the second Chicago firefighter to die from coronavirus complications. He passed away April 14 at age 55 and leaves behind a wife and two adult children.
While a traditional funeral service is not possible during these times, immediate family was allowed inside the funeral home while friends and fellow firefighters remained in their parked vehicles outside. A live stream allowed loved ones to join in mourning. Following the service, a procession accompanied Singleton’s hearse to Mt. Hope Cemetery.
As of today, 130 Chicago firefighters have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Both Chicago Fire Department deaths were declared in the line-of-duty, so their families could access additional benefits.
