New Ambulance 34 in Highland Park
Highland Park Ambulance 34 – 2013 Ford F-450/Horton Type I so#15656
Larry Shapiro photo
Highland Park Dive Squad 34 and Boat 34
Highland Park Dive Rescue 34 – 2006 Ford F-550/2007 Rescue Vehicles of Iowa and Boat 34. ©2015 Larry Shapiro
Larry Shapiro photo
Deerfield Fire responded to a car into a pond last night in the 500 block of Lake-Cook Road. The first arriving police officer was able to step onto the car’s roof, break out the window and assist the driver in getting out of the car. The office sustained cuts to his hand freeing the driver. Apparently, units on the scene were unclear about whether or not there were any other occupants in the car based on what the driver was able to tell them, so a request for divers was initiated.
Highland Park, Northbrook, Lake Forest and Lincolnshire responded with divers who ascertained that there where no other occupants inside the car. The divers hooked the car for the towing company to make the removal.
Tim Olk responded to the incident and submitted several images of the scene.
A late model Mercedes Benz left the roadway and ended up mostly submerged in a pond off Lake-Cook Road in Deerfield on Sunday night. Tim Olk photo
A Deerfield Police sergeant sustained cuts to his hand after climbing onto the roof of the submerged car and breaking out a window to free the driver. Tim Olk photo
Deerfield Engine 20 lights the scene where a driver lost control and drove into a pond. Tim Olk photo
After checking the car for trapped occupants, a fire department diver attaches a chain so the towing company can winch the car out of the water.. Tim Olk photo
A diver stands by to assist the tow driver with hooking the car for removal. Tim Olk photo
The tow truck begins to winches the car from the water. Tim Olk photo
The car is lifted out of the pond by the tow truck. Tim Olk photo
After being pulled from the water, the car is loaded onto the rollback. Tim Olk photo
Tim has a gallery with more images HERE.
The Lincolnshire Riverwoods FPD has several apparatus news items;
Lincolnshire Riverwoods FPD new and old Trucks 53 at the headquarters Station 51. Larry Shapiro photo
This new unit is now in service.
Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Squad 51 with new colors and completed graphics. Larry Shapiro photo
Shortly after 3PM on Weddnesday, Prospect Heights received a 9-1-1 call from a motorist who claimed to see two children in a pond near the Prospect Heights Public Works building in the 500 block of Piper Lane. Police arrived and found an unattended bicycle and no children in the area. Prospect Heights divers and firefighters responded, and upon seeing no children in the area requested a response from all on-duty MABAS Division 3 divers and neighboring mutual-aid divers so that the murky pond could be checked in the event that their were missing children.
A bicycle that might belong to a missing child is seen near a pond which divers are searching in the event that a child has drowned. Larry Shapiro photo
Wheeling Fire Department divers suit up to assist divers from Prospect Heights search a pond where two children were reportedly seen in the water. Larry Shapiro photo
Divers responded from Wheeling, Long Grove, Deerfield, Northbrook, Wilmette, North Maine, Glenview, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods, Highwood, and Winnetka. Ambulances on the scene were from Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect.
Divers and support personnel check their equipment before the divers enter the water. Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro and Tim Olk were at the scene and Larry submitted several images.
Several divers went into the water as did a boat with side-scan Kongsberg sonar capable of mapping the pond floor. There was some question as to exactly what was seen by the 9-1-1 caller, and after searching the pond for an hour and examining several images mapped by the sonar, the searches were terminated.
The sonar unit is lowered into the water where the diver will make the necessary adjustments for depth before it can begin to create a map of the pond's bottom. Larry Shapiro photo
Wheeling Fire Department divers responded to Prospect Heights with Dive Rescue 23 and a boat. Larry Shapiro photo
Northbrook Dive Rescue 10 responded with divers and the MABAS Division 3 side-scan soar. Larry Shapiro photo
A gallery with more images can be viewed HERE.
Karl Klotz submitted photos to update Highland Park Station 34. He submitted an updated shot of the engine and an image of the Dive Unit which had been missing from the site.
Now that theses updates have been made to Station 34, there has been a temporary reassignment of units. Truck 33, the 1995 Sutphen 104′ mid-mount quint has been relocated for a trial period to Station 34 on the north end of town. Engine 34 switched with the truck and is operating out of Station 33.
The pages representing the Fox River Grove Fire Protection District in MABAS Division 5 have been updated to include their newest ambulance, the Dive Rescue Unit, and an updated image of their station.
Most if not all of the ambulances in McHenry County carry a unit number which designates the department, and the specific unit number. This generally means that the unit number itself won’t be very high since few departments have more than three stations. This newest ambulance though for Fox River Grove carries a unique number with a special meaning. The number 657 which is adorned with a halo and the wings of an angel, is dedicated to the seven children (Jeffrey J. Clark, Susanna Guzman, Michael B. Hoffman, Stephanie Fulham, Joseph A. Kalte, Shawn P. Robinson and Tiffany Schneider) who tragically lost their lives when a school bus was hit by a commuter train at the rail crossing half a block from the fire station in 1995.
The halo and angel wings surrounding the number '7' represents a dedication to the memory of 7 children between the ages of 14 and 18, who were killed at the railroad crossing near the fire station in 1995.
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