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Posts Tagged Batavia Fire Department
New ambulance for Batavia
Jan 10
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From Tyler Tobolt:
Here is a photo of newly in service Batavia Engine 2 – 2022 Sutphen Monarch 1500/1000
Tri State – USFiR Photography
From Tyler Tobolt:
Here is a photo of Batavia Medic 52
Medic 52 – 2021? Ford F550 / 2022 Horton
Tri State – USFiR Photography
Batavia Fire Department news
Apr 17
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
The Batavia Fire Department has received a federal grant to help fund $262,250 worth of self-contained breathing apparatus and other related items. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will fund $238,409 of the equipment costs, and the rest will be covered by the city.
The new self-contained breathing apparatus will replace existing SCBA that is 13 years old. The grant also will cover spectacle kits for inside the masks, adapters and filters for use in biological or toxic hazards, rapid intervention air packs, and several additional cylinders for training purposes.
Batavia Fire Department news
Feb 15
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
The Batavia Fire Department is asking the city council to adopt an ordinance allowing it to charge senior communities and assisted-care facilities for helping uninjured people who fall and can’t get up. The committee of the whole unanimously supported the proposal and sent it to the council for a vote.
Fire Chief Randy Deicke said about one-third of lift-assistance calls the department receives are from assisted-care facilities. When firefighters arrive, a staff member is often waiting for them rather than assisting the resident who has fallen. When firefighters assist in the lift, the liability goes to the city.
He proposed the department charge facilities $250 for each call to alleviate that liability. If a firefighter is injured while assisting someone, the responsibility to the city could include time off due to injury, overtime, and workman’s compensation. The assists, which take about 20 minutes each, remove a fire unit from service. They usually will send an engine, with three
respondersfirefighters, because they don’t want to take an ambulance out of service. If a unit is on the scene when another call comes in, they will complete the assist. If a fire call comes in while they are on the way, the unit will break off and respond to that call.The fire department assisted in 232 total lifts in 2017, 247 in 2018, and 324 in 2019. Lift assists at care facilities increased from 72 to 135 during that time.
The plan is to only charge staffed facilities, not care communities that only have one staff person at the front desk. There is no plan to charge for lift assists at private residences.
Tri-City Ambulance began charging staffed facilities $250 for lift assists recently and the fire chief believes that neighboring Geneva and St. Charles will be charging that same amount soon.
Batavia Fire Department news
Dec 14
With $15,000 in funding provided by the local Firefighters Union 3436 and the Benevolent Association, the Batavia Fire Department purchased a Lucas Automatic CPR machine to assist in lifesaving measures for people experiencing cardiac arrest. The unit is designed to fit any patient and is transportable. “This machine helps apply consistent CPR without fatigue,” said Batavia Firefighter Chris LaFleur. “And it is continuous, which is proven to be a more effective way to conduct CPR.”
In 2010, the American Heart Association released guidelines calling for continuous, high-quality chest compressions to general blood flow and oxygen delivery to the myocardium and brain without delay. It also found that 75 percent of all cardiac arrest result from non-shockable rhythms, making the more intense, higher quality CPR even more important than before.
With more than 325,000 people annually experiencing non-traumatic, out-of-hospital cardiac events in the United States, cardiac arrest remains the leading cause of death in people over the age of 45 years old. In combination with trained use of Automatic External Defibrillator devices, the Batavia Fire Department seeks to reduce the risk of death from cardiac arrest.
Medevac in Batavia, 5-19-18
May 20
This from Dave Weaver:
5/19/18 BATAVIA – Medevac by Superior Air Med 1 for Man Pinned in the Walmart Supercenter Auto Care Center 801 N. Randall Rd. – Video by Dave Weaver
Batavia Fire Department news
May 14
This from Dave Weaver:
5/12/18 BATAVIA – Ducklings Rescued From Sewer – Video by Dave WeaverFirefighters, police, and citizens all assisted in locating and rescuing a group of baby ducks who became trapped in a sewer after slipping through a storm grate on Hawks Dr. just west of Randall Rd. A group of citizens noticed the mama duck making a lot of noise near the grate. After investigating, they located the ducklings and notified police who in turn notified the fire department. As they were rescued, the citizens including Darryn Chupp of North Aurora assisted in reunited the ducklings with their mother.
Batavia Fire Department news
Nov 13
Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
A fire destroyed a vehicle in a one-car garage and damaged four townhouses in Batavia Friday night.
No one was injured in the fire that began at about 8:15 p.m. at a unit on the 400 block of Mill Street on the city’s west side, Batavia Deputy Fire Chief Craig Hanson said.
Crews from numerous fire departments were called in to assist with containing the fire, which was originally reported as vehicle on fire in a garage but was upgraded to a structure fire as the flames spread to a second-floor bedroom above the garage and then into three connected townhouse units.
Firefighters from Geneva, St. Charles, Cortland, South Elgin, Warrenville, and West Chicago assisted at the scene.
