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Aug 30
From Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District on Facebook:
On Nov. 12th, 2023 at approx. 00:20 hours, the Harlem-Roscoe Fire Department (HRFD) was dispatched to a possible residential structure fire in the 10000 block of Monarch Road, in Roscoe. While en route to the call, HRFD’s dispatch advised that law enforcement was on the scene of a fully-involved structure fire with possible victims trapped at 10126 Clearwing Lane. Battalion Chief Jones immediately requested MABAS Box 11 to the 2nd alarm for additional resources. Upon B/C Jones’ arrival, he found moderate smoke and fire to the south side of a four-unit apartment complex with evidence of an explosion present. Law enforcement had forced entry into an upstairs apartment finding and removing one adult male and two small children. These individuals were evaluated and released by medical crews on scene. The remaining apartments are currently vacant. The fire was quickly contained and extinguished. The explosion had caused significant structural damage with the potential for collapse of some (or most) of the remaining structure. Crews remained on scene for several hours until Nicor could arrive and mitigate a natural gas leak that was caused by the damage.
HRFD would like to thank all the departments that responded to the scene, as well as the change of quarters companies that were available to cover any other calls for service that may have been requested within the district during this incident. No injuries or loss of life occurred from this event, however a family cat is missing.
Please avoid the immediate area around this structure to prevent injury or death resulting from any of the debris or further structural collapse.
The cause of the incident is under investigation, which has been turned over to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
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Excerpts from wrex.com:
The Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District will ask voters to approve a new tax on April 4 to help prepare for the future.
Harlem-Roscoe Fire Chief Patrick Trollop says steadily increasing call volumes and population in the district will likely require the department to increase its full time staff.
To prepare for the future, the board of commissioners put a question on the ballot asking voters to approve a new tax specifically designated for pension funding. The tax would only cost homeowners with a $100,000 home 48 cents a year. If approved now, the small tax would build a big enough base to allow the department to roll right into hiring when the call volume rises above what they can handle right now.
The question will appear on your ballot like this:
PROPOSITION TO CREATE A NEW TAX RATE FOR PENSION FUND PURPOSES
“Shall the HARLEM-ROSCOE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, Winnebago County, Illinois, be authorized to levy a new tax for firefighters’ pension purposes and have an additional tax of 0.001432% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein extended for such purposes?”
Excerpts from wrex.com:
Patrick Trollop
The Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District announced that Patrick Trollop will become the department’s next chief, beginning on Jan. 1.
Currently a battalion chief, Trollop has been with the department for 10 years. In his career, he has served as a paramedic for a private ambulance service in the Rockford area and in the United States Marine Corps as an Infantry Squad Leader.
Current Fire Chief Don Shoevlin announced earlier this year that he was retiring at the end of this year.
Excerpts from wrex.com:
Harlem-Roscoe firefighters now have a one-of-a kind grill thanks to the Harlem High School welding class built that a custom grill for the fire department. The class started working on it at the beginning of the school year this year and just delivered it this week.
It even has some authentic firefighter embellishments on it donated by Harlem-Roscoe. If you want to see the grill in person firefighters are bringing it to their golf play day next Friday at Atwood Golf Course.
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Excerpts from the rrstar.com:
Fire districts are looking at tight budgets and possible service cutbacks after voters rejected three tax increase proposals on Tuesday.
The North Park Fire Protection District asked voters to approve a property tax increase to pay for replacements for aging equipment — a $17,000 expense. The measure was rejected by 56 percent of voters. The increase, had it been approved, would have resulted in a $33.33 property tax increase over 12 months for a home valued at $100,000.
The defeat of the referendum means that North Park Fire may curtail fire assistance to ambulances on emergency calls. North Park Fire also may postpone a planned consolidation on a donated 2-acre site that’s more centrally located within the three districts it serves.
The New Milford Fire Protection District also asked for a property tax increase to pay for new equipment. The increase would have resulted in a $32 annual tax increase on a home valued at $100,000. It was rejected by nearly 61 percent of voters. New Milford’s fire operations haven’t seen a tax increase since the 1980s, and the budget has had to account for rising equipment costs.
The Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District sought a tax increase to pay future pension costs. The measure would have resulted in a $1.72 annual property tax increase for the owner of a $100,000 home. It was rejected by 57 percent of the voters.
Excerpts from wifr.com:
Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District incorporated its new drones into a controlled burn training session for new recruits.
Six recruits and five high school cadets had the opportunity to practice their firefighting skills in a real-life scenario. The training house was donated by the Roscoe Methodist Church. The district tried out its new drone during the process. This technology helps firefighters get an aerial view of the fire, this way they can preplan their attack before entering. The drone only takes a few seconds to get footage of the whole fire.
The district hopes the use of the drones will help make firefighters jobs safer.
Excerpts from rrstar.com:
A program new to the Roscoe region offers free medical identification bracelets to residents with dementia or autism and at risk for wandering away.
The Roscoe Police Department and Harlem-Roscoe Fire Protection District have partnered with the nonprofit MedicAlert Foundation to provide these free bracelets and free around the clock emergency support services.
Police and fire officials will be able to enroll area residents and their caregivers in MedicAlert’s national database — documenting their medical conditions, sharing that information with health care providers and providing bracelets listing their medical conditions by using medical terminology and abbreviations, according to the departments and MedicAlert.
Enrollment forms are available at the Roscoe Police Department’s front desk. For more information contact the organization at medicalert.org or the police department at 815-623-7338.
