Posts Tagged Cicero Fire Department

New ladder for Cicero

Nov 2

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | 18 Comments

This from Josh Boyajian:

Here are a few shots of Cicero’s new Truck 1 being built at Pierce. It’ll be a 2015 Pierce Dash CF PUC 100′ medium-duty

ladder truck. Should be done by the end of the month.

(Pierce Pictures)

New ladder truck being built for Cicero Truck 1. Pierce photo

Pierce photo

Tags: Cicero Fire Department, fire truck being built, Pierce Dash CF PUC aerial

Cicero Full Still at Morton East High School, 10-26-15

Oct 26

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene | 9 Comments

This from Josh Boyajian:

Cicero had a fire today (10/26/15) at Morton East High School in the 2400 blk of Austin. First-in companies found smoke on the 3rd and 4th floors. After a long and thorough search, they found a motor behind a wall on fire. Companies held it to that area and it didn’t extend any further. Here are some shots.

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Tags: Cicero FD apparatus, Cicero Fire Department, Cicero Fire Department Truck 2, E-ONE tractor-drawn aerial, Josh Boyajian, photo of E-ONE fire engine, Pierce Dash CF PUC engine

Area apparatus orders

Jul 28

Posted by Admin in New Apparatus Order | 5 Comments

From Ron Wolkoff:

West Chicago Fire Protection District: top-mount Ferrara pumper with an Igniter cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; 30-gallon foam cell.

Cicero Fire Department: Pierce 100-foot aerial quint with a Dash CF cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 500-hp engine; UPF Poly 300-gallon tank; PUC 1,500-gpm pump.

Tags: Cicero Fire Department, new quint on order for Cicero, West Chicago Fire Protection District, West Chicago FPD orders new engine

Commercial building fire in Cicero, 6-17-15

Jun 17

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire, Fire Scene photos | 4 Comments

This from Josh Boyajian:

The Cicero Fire Department responded to a very well involved building fire on Ogden Avenue (5419 W 30th Street) during afternoon rush hour traffic today (6/17/15). As companies went enroute they reported a large black header in the sky. The fire was in a two-story ordinary, 100×75, auto body shop. Companies encountered heavy fire on arrival and used three master streams and multiple handlines to knock down most of the fire. Companies on scene were: Cicero E1, E2, E3, T1, T2, F-7, F-1, F-12, and Berwyn T904.

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Josh Boyajian photo

Tags: Cicero Fire Department, commercial building fire in Cicero, fire scene photos, fire trucks at fire scene, Josh Boyajian

Landlord gets life in prison for fatal Cicero fire

Dec 16

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | Comments off

The Chicago Tribune has this article:

A former landlord was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for the murders of seven Cicero residents, ages 20 years to 3 days old, who were killed in a 2010 fire the man ordered set to an apartment building he owned.

Cook County Judge Carol Kipperman said she would have sentenced Lawrence Myers to death if Illinois law still allowed such a sentence. “Everything on this trial was horrendous,” Kipperman said at the courthouse in Maywood. “His motivations were for money. This (trial) left me speechless.”

Myers, who was convicted by a jury in November, showed no emotion when the sentence was announced.

The fatal fire took place on Valentine’s Day 2010. According to prosecutors, Myers, 64, wanted to burn down his building in the 3000 block of South 48th Court to collect on a $250,000 insurance policy and move to West Virginia. Deep in debt, he hired his maintenance man, Marion “Andre” Comier, 51, who is still awaiting trial on murder charges, to set the fire, prosecutors said.

But the fire in the four-flat apartment building, which prosecutors said Comier set with gasoline on a back porch, spread quickly and trapped tenants. Killed were Byron Reed, 20, Sallie Gist, 19, their sons Rashon Reed, 3, and Brian Reed, 3 days old; as well as Sallie Gist’s twin brother and sister, Elijah Gist and Elisha Gist, both 16; and family friend Tiera Davidson, 18.

A jury took only 90 minutes to convict Myers of seven counts of murder, one for each victim, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

After the fire was set, it spread up the only staircase to the second floor, where those who died were sleeping. The victims died of carbon monoxide intoxication due to smoke inhalation, prosecutors said.

Two days after the fire, three people reported to Cicero police they had heard Myers and Comier talking about burning down the building, authorities said.

thanks Dan

Tags: Cicero Fire Department, Cicero fire leaves 7 dead, Cook County Judge Carol Kipperman, landlord convicted of murder for arson fire in Cicero IL, Lawrence Meyers, Marion Comier, trial for Cicero arsonist

Area apparatus for sale

Nov 22

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos | 23 Comments

Former Evergreen Park truck:

Former Evergreen Park ladder truck for sale

Cicero tower ladder:

Former Cicero Tower Ladder 1.

Arlington Heights engine:

Former Arlington Heights fire engine for sale.

Flossmoor engine:

Former Flossmoor fire engine for sale.

Munster engine:

Former Munster fire engine for sale.

thanks Dennis and Kevin

Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, Cicero Fire Department, Evergreen Park Fire Department, fire engine for sale, fire truck for sale, Flossmoor Fire Department, Former Evergreen Park ladder truck for sale, Munster Fire Department, old fire trucks for sale

Web site updates

Jul 30

Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Fire Truck photos, Site News, updated listing | 11 Comments

There have been several updates to the site:

Division 1:

Des Plaines Station 3 has been updated to Station 63 with all currently renumbered units

Des Plaines Fire Department Truck 63

Schaumburg – added the new Ambulance 52
Elk Grove Village – added a new photo of Station 10 with red doors

Division 3:

Niles – updated several pieces at the two stations and added a new photo of Station 2 with red doors
Northfield – updated the photo of Squad 29
Wilmette – updated photos at both stations

Wilmette Rescue 27. Larry Shapiro photo

Division 10:

Hinsdale – added the photo of new Engine 1012

Division 11:

Cicero – added a photo of new Engine 3

Division 12:

Addison – updated the photo of Quint 73
Oak Brook – made the necessary corrections to both stations

Division 20:

Schiller Park – added a photo of Ambulance 463

Division 21:

Bedford Park – added car 7101 and Engine 704

Bedford Park Fire Department Engine 704

Roberts Park – updated photos and added missing reserve units

Type I ambulance photo

Crimson fire engine

Division 24:

Riverdale – added a photo of new Engine 836

Riverdale Fire Department Engine 836

Tags: Addison Fire District, Bedford Park Fire Department, Cicero Fire Department, Des Plaines Fire Department, Elk Grove Fire Station 10, fire station with red doors, Hinsdale Fire Department, Niles Fire Department, Northfield Fire Department, Riverdale Fire Department, Roberts Park Fire Protection District, Schiller Park Fire Department, Wilmette Fire Department

Cicero alley garage fire , 7-6-14

Jul 7

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos | Comments off

This from Drew Gresik:

Took in a 20×20 alley garage at 2420 S 60th Ct on Sunday. Cicero Engines 1 & 2 each dropped a line and made a good stop, confining the fire to just the one garage. Slight exposure to the D Side garage. One pick-up truck was destroyed in the fire.

Drew Gresik photo

Drew Gresik photo

Drew Gresik photo

Drew Gresik photo

Drew Gresik photo

Drew Gresik photo

Tags: alley garage fire in Cicero, Cicero Fire Department, Drew Gresik, fire scene photos, firefighters after fighting fire on a hot summer day, Seagrave aerial ladder truck

Area apparatus photos

Jun 30

Posted by Admin in Fire Truck photos | Comments off

Larry Shapiro submitted several recent photos of area apparatus

Berwyn Engine 903 – 2008 Spartan Gladiator Classic /Crimson 1500/500 so 08053-001. Larry Shapiro photo

Cicero Truck 2 – 2009 E-ONE Cyclone II 100′ HP-100 TDA so#134747. Larry Shapiro photo

Lyons Engine 1312 – 2008 Pierce Arrow XT 2000/750/120/30 so 20942. Larry Shapiro photo

Niles Ambulance 2 – 2012 IHC 4300/2013 Medtec Type I MICU so# 26175-1. Larry Shapiro photo

Niles Engine 2R – 1992 Pierce Lance 1250/500 #E7192. Larry Shapiro photo

Mabas 3 Haz Mat 3 – 2003 Sterling Acterra/Marion Haz Mat Unit so#21023. Larry Shapiro photo

Tags: Berwyn Fire Department, Cicero Fire Department, Cicero Fire Department Truck 2, E-ONE tractor-drawn aerial, fire truck photos, fire truck pictures, Larry Shapiro, Lyons Fire Department, Medtec Type I ambulance, Niles Fire Department, Pierce Arrow XT fire engine, Pierce Lance fire engine, Spartan fire engine

New engine for Cicero (more)

May 22

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News, Fire Truck photos, New Delivery | 4 Comments

Cicero has taken delivery of their new Engine 3. Larry Shapiro submitted several images of the new unit from a training evolution this week in Cicero.