Photos from Tim Olk of an extended extrication along the Edens Expressway (I94) near Dundee Road in Northbrook Thursday evening (8-4-22). Firefighters from Glencoe, Deerfield, and Wilmette assisted Northbrook firefighters. One patient was transported via helicopter to Lutheran General Hospital.
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New ambulance for Palatine
Jul 27
From ncemergencyvehicles.com:
- Braun Chief XL
- Ford F-550
- Type I
- Palatine Fire Department
thanks Martin
Excerpts from kenoshanews.com:
Two motorcycles crashed with a vehicle on Springbrook Road and 47th Avenue on Tuesday afternoon around at 2:33 p.m, leaving both drivers seriously injured. A Flight for Life helicopter landed at Prairie Lane Elementary Schoo land transported one patient.
A caller reported that the motorcycles were racing before the crash occurred but police had not been able to verify that.
Northbrook firefighters were dispatched to the southbound Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Thursday afternoon for a crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer. Companies found the driver of the car needing to be extricated after hitting the back of the truck’s trailer just prior to the southbound exit ramp to Willow Road.
A Flight For Life medical helicopter was requested to the scene and landed on the highway after all lanes in both directions were shutdown.
video from the Wheeling crash with rescue 8/8/16
Wheeling firefighters along with mutual aid companies from several surrounding towns were sent to the area of 9930 Capitol Drive on Monday afternoon for a reported car into a pond with people trapped. Wheeling Chief 2400 was the first on the scene advising that a car was perched over a concrete retaining wall with at least one occupant inside. Along with the divers and boats that were en route, an urgent request was made for a tow truck to secure the car so firefighters could retrieve the driver.
Several of the incoming units were returned after the nature of the incident was known and work began to secure the SUV and then remove the driver, who proved to be the only occupant.
The driver sheared off a fire hydrant and hit two cars before plunging over the retaining wall.
more photos at shapirophotography.net
This from Tim Olk:
Countryside FPD pin-in accident at Rt 176 & Gilmer today (1/18/16)
This from Larry Shapiro:
There were no injuries after a tractor-trailer rolled over on the infamous ramp at the northern end of IL Route 53 toward WB Lake Cook Road. Long Grove firefighters had to force entry into the container when the driver was unsure of the cargo.
More photos are at shapirophotography.net
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
Firefighters needed more than an hour Monday afternoon to remove an injured woman from her SUV after a crash with a dump truck on northbound Route 41, south of 137 in North Chicago just before 1 p.m.
The woman was then airlifted by Flight for Life.
“It was an extremely difficult extrication,” said Cmdr. Joshua Rickabaugh of the North Chicago Fire Department. “The way that the victim was pinned inside the car, it was difficult to remove the car around her.”
Libertyville, Knollwood, and Great Lakes fire departments assisted at the scene.
More photos at firescenes.net
This from Niko Stefani:
I happened to be right around the corner when an MVA came in on St. Mary’s Rd and Rt. 176 right in front of the Old School Forest Preserve (5/11/15). I only had my phone on me so sorry for poor quality. Companies on the scene from Libertyville included:
Ambulance 463Ambulance 461Quint Co. 462Engine Co. 461Battalion 46Per the arriving fire units, the victim was not injured but was entrapped in the vehicle. Also we see Libertyville with a new ambulance for Station 1.