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Fatal fire in Harvard, 4-19-18

Apr 19

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The Harvard Police Department and Harvard Fire Protection District responded about 3:15 a.m. Thursday to 405 E. Blackman St. for a fire that began in the basement of the home.

A 10-year-old boy, 14-year-old girl, and 55-year-old woman escaped the fire and were uninjured. A 63-year-old man was found in the basement and declared dead on the scene. The man was temporarily staying at the residence.

The Illinois State Fire Marshall is conducting an investigation into the cause of the fire, and said it appears to be accidental and attributed to careless smoking. The fire caused about $75,000 in damage and had little extension into other areas of the home.

Hebron and Capron Rescues, Marengo, Woodstock, McHenry, and Sharon fire departments also responded.

thanks Scott

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New ambulance for the Harvard FPD

Dec 21

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From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:

Brand new custom Horton conversion on a Ford E450 chassis

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2-Alarm fire in Harvard, 12-10-15

Dec 11

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This from Scott Peterson:

Harvard on Thursday morning (12/10/15) at 1002hrs at 305 S Eastwood (1block north of the firehouse) box 5-780. Cos made a quick knock, three lines used. Auto aid/mutual aid from Woodstock, Hebron, Sharon WI, Marengo, Fontana WI, Linn TWP WI, Boone 1, Wonder Lake, Lakewood, Richmond, McHenry, Walworth WI, & Capron Rescue. Most cos returned while still enroute. Apparatus pictured is all that arrived and was kept.

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Sutphen fire truck at fire scene

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Harvard FPD to access new service fee

Aug 19

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The Northwest Herald has an article about a decision by the Harvard Fire Protection to begin charging a fee for multiple calls over time for lift assists from the same address.

HARVARD – Several times a week, the Harvard Fire Protection District gets a call from someone who’s sunken into a chair or fallen onto the floor and can’t get up.

It’s a simple solution, and it’s not exactly an emergency: Responders head over, help the man or woman to their feet and go along their way.

But the calls have gotten so frequent – some coming from the same individuals three or four times a week, Trustee Jim Carbonetti says – that the district has decided to implement a fee for excessive visits.

Starting in September, individuals will be charged $100 for every lift assist call after the third within a year of the first.

“For a once-in-a-while occurrence, we don’t mind,” Carbonetti said. “But when it’s three to four times a week, that’s becoming a little excessive. You probably need to be looking into some home health care.”

Carbonetti said that at $100 a hit, he doesn’t expect the new ordinance – passed unanimously by the fire protection board Tuesday night – to be much of a moneymaker.

Rather, he said, he hopes it will encourage people to make “other arrangements” so they don’t find themselves in need of assistance so often.

“It’s not a cheap proposition to roll out an ambulance all the time,” he said.
Carbonetti added the measure wasn’t an original idea and said Harvard modeled its fee off one in Hebron.

But at least three other McHenry County departments reached Wednesday said they didn’t charge for lift assists.

McHenry Township Fire Protection District, Woodstock Fire/Rescue District and Crystal Lake Fire Rescue don’t currently have a fee in place.

“We have not considered that,” said Tony Huemann, fire chief in McHenry, adding that the station “occasionally” piles up calls from the same individuals.

“We try to get them help so that hopefully in the future they don’t keep having those problems,” he said.