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Archive for June, 2020
Excerpts from the Waukegan FD Facebook page:
This afternoon around 3pm the Waukegan Fire Department responded to a working structure fire in a large strip mall in the 2300 block of Grand Ave. First arriving units found smoke and fire showing from the roof line of this 15 unit strip mall with a large attached medical building.
Chief Bridges would like to express how proud he is and hopes that everyone else should be as well with the firefighters that extinguished this rapidly advancing fire and safely mitigated a potentially disastrous outcome! The Waukegan spirit of teamwork was shining through the many community members who acted quickly to move vehicles that were impeding access to strip mall. The aggressive tactics deployed by firefighters prevented the fire from destroying both the medical building and adjacent businesses, over half of which reopened their doors within two hours. While there was some damage, much more extensive damage was prevented. We are pleased to share that there were no injuries.
Thank you to our neighboring fire departments who assisted and the Waukegan Police Department that handled traffic control and scene safety during the rush hour.
Waukegan Fire Marshal Lenzi is investigating the cause of the fire.
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Waukegan firefighters were called too 2323 Grand Avenue this afternoon after roofers apparently ignited a fire that caused heavy damage to the roof, facia, and stores below. The fire was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm with a North Chicago engine and Gurnee truck to the scene plus multiple towns providing station coverage. The fire was extinguished in about 40 minutes.
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Excerpts from Fox32Chicago.com:
An extra-alarm fire left seven people displaced Saturday in Chicago after a 2-11 Alarm fire was reported at 2:27 a.m. on the third floor of a three-story apartment building in the 6800 block of South Perry Avenue.
The blaze was under control shortly before 3 a.m.
No injuries were reported, but the Chicago Department of Human Services was called to assist five adults and two children with housing.
@ 0227. 2-11/EMS Plan 1 at 6825 S Perry. Staging area is 69th Perry for 3 story Courtyard Building, occupied. Fire on 3rd floor. Warming Buses requested.
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From the Barrington Countryside FPD Facebook page:
Early this morning the BCFPD was dispatched to a structure fire on Steeplechase. Fire is under investigation. Crews worked diligently with surrounding towns to mitigate situation.
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Kankakee FD squad for sale
Jun 14
Found on Govdeals.com:
1986 Ford Walkin Cargo Body
Auction Ends6/15/20 3:55 PM ET
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Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
Two workers who were sandblasting and painting the inside of a Wheeling water tower Friday are in critical condition after a cable holding up their scaffolding snapped and caused them to fall. One of the workers fell 60 to 80 feet, while the other had facial injuries but was mobile, after the scaffolding swung and smashed into the side of the tank. The preliminary investigation points toward equipment failure.
As many as 40 technical rescue firefighters from a dozen towns arrived at the village-owned water tank at 702 Wolf Court just after 9 a.m. Firefighters used ropes and harnesses to help both victims in what was described as a very involved and technical rescue. It took them about 12 minutes to ascend to the top of the tank, reach the injured workers, and give them emergency medical treatment. Both injured men were then put in harnesses, and ropes were used to lift and lower them some 100 feet to safety.
“There are a series of manhole-size openings, so they actually had to lift the patients up to lower the patients (to the ground), so it was a pretty tricky technical rescue” Wheeling Fire Chief Mike McGreal said.
A spokesman for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed Friday afternoon that the federal agency has opened an investigation. The contractor, D & M Painting Corp., based in Washington, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $482,840 contract by Wheeling in April to re-coat the tank which holds potable drinking water for residents and businesses. A $41,100 contract went to Dixon Engineering to perform the initial analysis.
Village tanks are drained and inspected every five years to analyze coatings for any corrosion, while a full-scale stripping of coatings followed by re-coatings takes place every 17 to 24 years.
Found at govdeals.com:
2008 Ford F-450 SD Regular Cab 2WD DRW
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Chicago Fire Department news
Jun 11
Excerpts from wgntv.com:
Battalion Chief Jimmy O’Donnell, the longest-serving Chicago firefighter on the job is calling it a career after 41 years. Born and raised in Chicago, being in the fire service is all he ever wanted to do. He’d stay on if he could, but he’s reached the day of mandatory retirement.
With coronavirus and protests, the battalion chief has had a lot of action in his final year. He said it’s all part of the job.
Starting in 1979, he’s been a witness to some of the biggest events in CFD history, including the excruciating heat wave in the summer of 1995 that claimed hundreds of lives.
O’Donnell suffered an injury on the job that cost him an eye. He could have taken disability and retired, but chose not to.
In the wake of 9/11, he joined other CFD firefighters in New York City . Some were left with PTSD from what they saw. “When I first got on, there wasn’t much help for PTSD. Getting help, we talk among each other over a beer. Now, we have a great program that will help us if we need it,” he said. “They are kicking me out. I’ll be 63 on Flag Day and that’s when we gotta go.”
Excerpts from Chicago.cbslocal.com:
The Lake County Sheriff’s Police and Fox Lake Fire Department were called at 7:08 p.m. Wednesday for a fire at 110 Terra Vista Court in Volo.
Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters found flames coming from the garage area. The residents are fire artists who were practicing their performance in the garage, when one of them dropped a flaming object. There were accelerants being stored nearby, and the garage went up in flames. The fire spread quickly, significantly damaging the townhouse and spreading to adjacent units. The garage, a car, and part of the residential structure were damage or destroyed.
One woman was burned with non-life-threatening injuries, and was taken to the hospital.
