This from Danny Nelms:
4 new ambulances at fleet… 57 39 10 and 1 unknown
Oct 21
Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Fire Department News, New Delivery | 7 Comments
This from Danny Nelms:
4 new ambulances at fleet… 57 39 10 and 1 unknown
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Excerpts from wgntv.com:
A Chicago Fire Department ambulance was stolen from a station on the city’s West Side at around 11:30 p.m.. The ambulance was parked at the fire station on the 1100 block of South California Avenue near Filmore Avenue.
The ambulance, with minor damage and nothing missing, was recovered from the 2600 block of S. Wolcott by a patrol unit. No one is in custody.
The fire department said there .
thanks Martin
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This from Chi-Town Fire Photos:
Here are some shots from a little working fire on October 2nd @ 3717 S Hermitage. Engine 39 had a quick knock on the fire and contained it to the living room. Members also rescued 2 dogs from the fire unit.
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Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
According to the Illinois State Police, troopers responded to a hit-and-run crash in the westbound lanes near California Avenue at approximately 4:54 a.m. Sunday. While on scene approximately 45 minutes after the crash, an Infiniti sedan slammed into an ISP squad car and a Chicago fire truck. Just moments after that collision, another sedan struck a tow truck that had responded to the scene.
In all, six individuals, including a Chicago firefighter, were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the crashes.
The collisions left all westbound lanes of the highway closed for just over an hour for clean-up and investigation.
The driver of the Infiniti, identified as Eddie J. Johnson-Carter, 29, of Chicago, was cited for driving under the influence, failure to yield to a stationery emergency vehicle, and other traffic violations.
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Excerpts from cbsnewschicago.com:
Five people, including three members of the Chicago Fire Department were injured when an ambulance collided with a car and crashed into a pole at the intersection of Jackson and Hamlin Boulevards, along the western border of Garfield Park on the West Side.
The three CFD members were taken to Rush University Medical Center in fair to serious condition. The patient in the ambulance was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in fair to serious condition. The woman driving the car involved in the crash was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious to critical condition.
thanks Rob
Tags: Chicago FD ambulance involved in crash, Chicago Fire Department, chicagoareafire.com, paramedics injured in crash
Oct 1
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery | 2 Comments
This from Danny Nelms:
Last truck on order – Truck 15 FDE 378
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Excerpts from the ChicagoSunTimes.com:
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was accused Thursday of scrapping a Chicago Fire Department promotion list — and saddling taxpayers with excessive overtime costs — to get even with a controversial city council member who was second in line to be promoted.
Last year, Lightfoot lashed out at Ald. Jim Gardiner over profane, threatening, and misogynistic text messages he sent to people, including Lightfoot’s political consultant and chief of staff to Finance Chairman Scott Waguespack . Lightfoot also asked then-Inspector General Joe Ferguson to investigate.
One week later, Gardiner rose on the council floor to issue a rare public apology for the embarrassment his messages caused. He received a rare rebuke from the Cook County Democratic Party and remains under federal investigation for allegedly retaliating against some Northwest Side constituents for political purposes.
Now, Gardiner is turning the tables on Lightfoot — with a recent lawsuit to back up his claim. He is a Chicago firefighter on a leave of absence from the department. He said the mayor, with whom he has clashed repeatedly, tossed CFD’s 2009 promotion list simply because he was second in line to move up to the rank of lieutenant. The list has been up since 2013. CFD policy is to exhaust the list before putting up a new one.
David Barron and Michael Lynch, two white firefighters awaiting promotion to lieutenant filed a lawsuit Aug. 30 in Cook County Circuit Court accusing the city of violating their rights by scrapping the list and suspending promotions, even though there were 40 vacancies as of April — and even more now. That has forced firefighters to work excessive amounts of overtime while the city races to finalize a new list from a lieutenants’ exam administered by the city in 2019, the firefighters’ attorney said.
The hiring plan requires the city to document the reason for retiring the promotion list. But, in response to a Freedom of Information Request filed by one of the aggrieved firefighters, the city responded that no such document existed.
The lawsuit, which an attorney hopes to turn into a class action, seeks promotions, back pay, and lost seniority for the roughly 60 firefighters whose names appear on the now-scrapped list.
Gardiner himself faces two federal lawsuits. One accuses him of harassing, intimidating and falsely arresting a constituent who picked up a cellphone Gardiner’s ward superintendent left at a convenience store. The other accuses him of violating the First Amendment rights of 45th Ward residents by deleting their criticisms of him from his official Facebook page. The city has refused to represent Gardiner in either suit.
Though one of his obscene text messages suggested otherwise, Gardiner has maintained he has “never withheld, nor have I ever instructed or condoned my staff to withhold city services from any resident.”
It’s not the first time Gardiner and Lightfoot have clashed. Shortly after taking office, Gardiner accused the mayor of rewarding his vanquished predecessor John Arena with a $129,996-a-year job in the Department of Planning and Development.
A few months later, Arena resigned from that post after Gardiner accused him of using his job as city planner to continue fighting the man who beat him.
thanks Dennis
Tags: Chicago Alderman Jim Gardiner, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, chicagoareafire.com
Sep 21
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Excerpts from cbsnews.com:
Eight people were injured in an apartment building explosion Tuesday around 9 a.m. in a four-story apartment building at 5601 W. West End Ave in the South Austin neighborhood.
Ten ambulances were sent to the scene, and at least eight people have been transported to hospitals. Two victims, a male and a female, were taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Three victims, two males and a female, were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. One female was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. Two males were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County. One of the people who was injured was across the street at the time.
The fire department brought in crews to shore up the structure to enable a search of the building, and a final search of the building was completed indicating that everyone got out.
A Peoples Gas spokesperson said the cause of the explosion remains unknown, and that there was no reason at this point to believe the cause is related to gas or any of our equipment.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Chicago Police Department Bomb Unit were on the scene to assist with the response and investigation.
The explosion happened on the top floor of the building on the eastern side of the structure, sending a large amount of bricks and other debris into the street, damaging at least three cars parked along the curb. The roof of at least one unit in the building collapsed as a result of the explosion, and several windows in the building also were blown out.
Building inspection records show the building has failed its last 12 inspections since 2010, including citations in January 2017 and February 2018 for “failing to repair or replace defective or out of service smoke detectors and operate continuously.” Most recently in 2020, one violation included a failure to connect a gas appliance to a flue or vent. After an administrative hearing on building code violations in February 2020, a follow-up inspection determined all of the violations had been corrected.
thanks Martin
Tags: building explosion in Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, chicagoareafire.com
Sep 21
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, fire engine for sale | 4 Comments
Found at publicsurplus.com:
Auction #3088043 – 1993 SPARTAN COMMANDER FIRE TRUCK
Final Price $4,100.00
(Reserve has been met)
Time Left Closed
High Bidder wrsco
# of Bids 9
First Offer $1,500.00
Tags: 1993 Spartan Diamond / Luverne fire engine for sale, CFD sells surplus engine, Chicago Fire Department, chicagoareafire.com, surplus Chicago fire engine for sale, surplus fire truck for sale in Chicago
Sep 20
Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, fire engine for sale | 1 Comment
Found at publicsurplus.com:
Auction #3085416 – 1996 SEAGRAVE LADDER TRUCK
Final Price $4,800.00
(Reserve has been met)
Time Left Closed
High Bidder wrsco
# of Bids 14
First Offer $1,500.00
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