Updated production photos from the Alexis Fire website of a new engine for the Fox lake FPD
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More photos from Tim Olk of the 3-Alarm fire in Ingleside, 1-6-17 (part 1)
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Photos from Tim Olk of the 3-Alarm house fire at 25868 W. Highpoint Road in Ingleside on Friday (1/6/17)
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New engine for Fox Lake
Dec 29
Production photos from the Alexis Fire website of a new engine for the Fox lake FPD
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Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
A teen may have spent hours injured inside a rolled over car after it crashed in an unincorporated area near Round Lake sometime Monday, fire officials said.
A Lake County sheriff’s deputy discovered the car on its roof in dense brush just before 2 p.m. off Wilson Road just south of Route 120. Police believe the car was traveling north on Wilson Road when it left the roadway, struck a sign, a utility pole and at least one tree before coming to rest upside down and barely visible from the road.
Fox Lake Fire Protection District firefighters found the car 40 to 50 yards from the roadway, on an embankment about 20 feet above Wilson Road and very unstable.
“We found a youth driver that was last seen at about 6 a.m. and didn’t show up for school this morning,” he said. “He was conscious and talking to us. We did have a lengthy extrication of about 20 to 25 minutes.”
The driver, 17, was taken to Fox Lake’s Molidor Road fire station where Flight for Life was waiting to airlift him to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with life threatening injuries.
Area apparatus orders
Oct 28
From Fire Apparatus Magazine –
E-ONE-Aurora Fire Department, two top-mount pumpers. Cyclone cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL 330-hp engines; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 780-gallon tanks; 50-gallon foam cells; Akron foam eductor foam systems. Sold by Greg Hansen, Fire Service, Inc., Naperville, IL. Delivery in November.
E-ONE-Bloomington Fire Department eMAX rescue-pumper. Quest severe-duty cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; “Bloomington” low hosebed; Onan 6-kW generator; Command Light KL415 light tower; Whelen warning and scene lighting. Sold by Craig Hamrick, Banner Fire Equipment, Roxana, IL. Delivery in December.
E-ONE-Buffalo Grove Fire Department pumper. Typhoon cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 780-gallon tank; Will-Burt Night Scan Chief NS1.8 light tower; Smart Power 6-kW generator. Sold by Greg Hansen, Fire Service, Inc., Naperville, IL. Delivery in December.
E-ONE-Buffalo Grove Fire Department 78-foot aerial quint. Cyclone II cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gapm pump; UPF Poly 400-gallon tank; Smart Power 10-kW generator; two hydraulic cord reels with Holmatro CORE Technology™ hose. Sold by Greg Hansen, Fire Service, Inc., Naperville, IL. Delivery in December.
Pierce-Clarendon Hills Fire Department heavy-duty rescue. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; 15-foot walk-around rescue body; Will-Burt Pow X NS6.0 light tower; Harrison 20-kW generator. Sold by John Kenna, Global Emergency Products, Aurora, IL. Delivery in July 2017.
E-ONE-Gurnee Fire Department 95-foot rear-mount platform quint. Cyclone II cab and chassis; Cummins ISX 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF 300-gallon tank; 20-gallon foam cell; FoamPro single-agent foam system. Sold by Andrew DiVerde, Fire Service, Inc., Naperville, IL. Delivery in February 2017.
E-ONE-Gurnee Fire Department heavy-duty rescue. Typhoon cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 380-hp engine; 20-foot walk-around rescue body; Will-Burt LED light tower; SpaceSaver cascade system and fill station; ladder tunnel for ground ladders. Sold by Andrew DiVerde, Fire Service, Inc., Naperville, IL. Delivery in May 2017.
Alexis-Fox Lake Fire Protection District, Ingleside, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 1,000-gallon polypropylene tank; Will-Burt Night Scan 5.4 light tower; Smart Power 10-kW generator. Sold by K. Jeffrey Morris, Alexis Fire Equipment, Alexis, IL. Delivery in May 2017.
E-ONE-Long Grove Fire Protection District pumper. Typhoon cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 780-gallon tank; 50-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 2001 single-agent foam system; Will-Burt night Scan Chief NS1.8 light tower; Smart Power 10-kW generator; stainless steel pumper body; SpaceSaver SCBA fill station; four-bottle cascade system; Whelen LED scene lights. Sold by Greg Hanson, Fire Service, Inc., Naperville, IL. Delivery in July 2017.
E-ONE-Peoria Fire Department, two Extreme Duty pumpers. Typhoon cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engines; Waterous CS 1,250-gpm pimps; UPF Poly 500-gallon tanks; three quarter side body with Zico ladder rack; Amdor roll-up compartment doors; Firetech Hiviz LED lighting. Sold by Craig Hamrick, Banner Fire Equipment, Roxana, IL. Delivery in June, 2017.
Pierce – Brookfield Fire Department PUC pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; UPF Poly 500-gallon tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Pierce 1,500-gpm single-stage pump; Husky 3 Class B foam system; Harrison 10-kW generator. Sold by John Kenna, Global Emergency Products, Aurora, IL. Delivery in April 2017.
Pierce – Marengo Fire Protection District top-mount pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 380-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; Will-Burt Chief NS2.6 light tower. Sold by Tracie Madden, Global Emergency Products, Aurora, IL. Delivery in February 2017.
Pierce – Western Springs Fire Department pumper. Saber cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank. Sold by John Kenna, Global Emergency Products, Aurora, IL Delivery in March 2017.
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Excerpts from Fox6now.com:
Fifteen fire departments were called to the scene of a five-alarm fire on Wilmot Road in Salem (WI) on Wednesday, June 8th. More than 52,000 gallons of water had to be used to bring that fire under control. The building where it happened is a total loss after the blaze.
There are no hydrants in the area, so firefighters had to bring water to the scene. Water from the lake had to be utilized when the water level in Salem’s water tower became alarmingly low. Officials say if it had gotten any lower, the town’s water supply would have been threatened. That went on for about four hours until this fire was finally brought under control. The fire was contained to just the one building which has about 10 units. The building is a total loss. One firefighter was taken to the hospital for treatment of possible heat exhaustion — but no one else was hurt.
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Excerpts from MySuburbanLife.com:
Voters in Fox Lake’s two referendums were in favor of incorporating the village into the Fox Lake Fire Protection District but against a proposed increased sales tax.
Officials said the increase would have raised a little more than a million dollars and would have gone toward hiring new police officers, resurfacing roads, continuing the village’s facade program for businesses, maintaining the bus service and acquiring land for parks and recreation.
Voters were much more supportive of incorporating the village into the Fox Lake Fire Protection District’s territory, with 58.7 percent voting yes. Previously, the village had levied for fire services and then turned those dollars over to the fire district.
Excerpts from MySuburbanlife.com:
The Village of Fox Lake should not be in the business of negotiating for fire protection and ambulance services, Mayor Donny Schmit said, adding “there’s politics involved in it.”
A March 15 referendum will ask voters whether the village should join the Fox Lake Fire Protection District. If approved, the fire district — not the village — would assume the duty of taxing homeowners for services and the village would no longer be involved in contract negotiations.
In joining the fire district, village residents would pay slightly higher taxes for fire protection services than they currently do — about $60 more per year for a home valued at $100,000.
Fire district residents have been paying a higher tax rate than village residents since the district approved an ambulance tax increase about a year ago. To make up for this inequity, the village gives the fire district an additional $210,000 in property tax revenue, money that could be used to fund other village needs.
Passage of the referendum “will make all the ambulance and fire tax rates equal throughout the village of Fox Lake and the district,” Fox Lake Fire Protection District Chief Ron Hoehne said.
The fire district serves about 33,000 residents in all or parts of Fox Lake, Round Lake, McHenry, Ingleside, Lakemoor, and Spring Grove, along with Volo, Grant, Burton, and Antioch Townships.
Given that 55 percent of the fire district’s calls are in the village, “it would be a more equitable situation” for the village to join the district, Schmit said.
“That’s how our three district trustees and our department feels,” Hoehne said, noting the Village of Wauconda went through the same process in 2010 and is now in the Wauconda Fire Protection District. “It’s happened all around us — Wauconda, McHenry, Spring Grove, Lake Villa, Grayslake, and Round Lake are in fire protection districts. Antioch is also trying to follow suit.”
If the referendum is approved, the fire district plans to add three additional firefighter/paramedics to its staff. Based on shift schedules, this would equate to one extra person on duty per day. In addition, the fire district could get caught up on vehicle replacement.
If the referendum fails, “We’ll continue doing what we’ve got to do, but village residents would still be paying less than district residents and the village would have to subsidize the shortfall,” Schmit said.
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
Antioch: Reversing course from November’s failed referendum for a new property tax to fund ambulances services, 57 percent of voters in the village of Antioch responded Tuesday with votes in favor, according to unofficial results from the Lake County Clerk’s Office.
In Antioch Township, however, voting on a related ambulance services ballot question remained nearly deadlocked after 10 p.m., with “yes” votes holding 50.2 percent of the 1,726 ballots counted. All precincts were in and early votes counted, with only provisional ballots and late-arriving votes by mail unaccounted for, according to the clerk’s office. Official totals were not expected Tuesday night.
The separate referendum questions for unincorporated residents and village residents asked taxpayers to approve a .25-cent ambulance tax that would cost the owner of a home with a market value of $100,000 just over $84 a year. The need for ambulance services is the result of the Antioch Rescue Squad disbanding.
Fox Lake: Voters were asked to approve a tax for ambulance services, and in unincorporated Fox Lake they voted at a 65 percent clip in favor of the ballot question, according to unofficial results with all 16 precincts reporting.
Officials said the funds will help the Fox Lake Fire Protection District upgrade equipment, such as breathing apparatus, and tools. The district also has a fire engine and tanker truck beyond maximum age recommended by the National Fire Protection Association Standards.
Newport Township FPD: According to unofficial vote totals, the Newport Township Fire Protection District did not garner enough votes to raise its ambulance tax rate.
With all five precincts counted, 56 percent of voters cast ballots against the measure.
The district was seeking to raise its tax rate .132 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to help fund the replacement of aging equipment after the district used reserve funds to build a second fire station.
