From the Joliet Fire Department Facebook page:
**AIRPLANE CRASH/STRUCTURE FIRE**
-Station 9’s run area
-Box alarm
-Engine 10
-Engine 8
-Engine 7
-Engine 5
-Quint 9
-Ambulance 8
-Ambulance 9
-Ambulance 7-Airplane crash (unknown size) into a house. Hampton St and Bedford St
-Units currently working and unknown injuries.
-More details to come when available
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Joliet Fire Department Facebook page
Excerpts from NBCChicago.com:
A pilot was killed when a small plane crashed in a southwest Chicago suburb Thursday morning, burning a home in the residential area, according to authorities.
The Joliet Police Department said the plane crashed in the 1800 block of Hampton Court near Chestnut Hill Road and Bedford Drive in Plainfield around 11:15 a.m.
No one was inside the home at the time of the crash and the Federal Aviation Administration said there were no injuries on the ground. It remained unclear how many people were inside the plane, but the city manager for Joliet, said the pilot was killed.
Footage of the scene showed the house badly burned on one side with debris scattered across the street. Officials said they believe fuel from the plane sparked the fire, but an investigation remained ongoing.
#1 by Mike on July 28, 2016 - 4:12 PM
E8 is now a 2013 E-One Cyclone II 1000/1500, very similar to the current E3, E4, and E5. The rig pictured on this site as E8 was originally E4 (1994-2008), then ran out of station 8 for 5 years. It is now a spare, numbered as E18. Quint 9 (’94 E-One Cyclone 75′) was originally Quint 8 (from 1994-2008), but hasn’t been renumbered yet as it was a citywide spare until recently. It now runs in place of a two piece company to reduce OT.
#2 by michae lm on July 23, 2016 - 10:07 AM
Has Joilet replaced Engine 8. According to the site engine 8 is a 1994 E-One
#3 by MABAS 21 on July 23, 2016 - 7:23 AM
Station 9 used to run with both a staffed engine and truck company. I’m not positive, but I thought I heard they might be running the quint in place of both to alevite overtime.
#4 by Mike Guzzi on July 22, 2016 - 5:55 PM
Would anyone know if Joliet Eng-9 is now a Quint>? Said on their facebook page as above Quint-9, Last i heard they had a Engine. If you see in one of the photos shows Quint-8 which I thought was a spare? I know they move stuff around If anyone can update the dept that would be nice thank you