This from Larry Shapiro:
Spotted the new Palatine FD Tower 85 on the street this week.
This from Larry Shapiro:
Spotted the new Palatine FD Tower 85 on the street this week.
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Dec 25
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Chief Drew Smith reminded us of two other past Christmas eve fires, both of which occurred prior to the existence of the #chicagoareafire.com blog
4-Alarm fire in Prospect Heights, 12-24-06 (2006 River Trails Condos in Prospect Heights. 4th alarm MABAS box)
5-Alarm fire in Wheeling, 12-24-93 (1993 Franklin Foods grocery store fire in Wheeling)
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Dec 19
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Wheeling and Prospect Heights firefighters were sent to 375 Plum Creek Drive on Tuesday morning after a Wheeling Police Department Community Service Officer spotted heavy smoke from a fourth floor apartment. On arrival, flames and smoke were pushing out of a fourth floor balcony in the center of the building with extension to the fifth floor balcony. Wheeling Truck 24 hit it with an elevated master stream and Prospect Heights Engine 39 stretched a 2 1/2″ line to hit it from the base of the building before crews got into place for an interior attack.
This is the second fire this year in the same building. In March, they had fire in an end unit on the same floor.
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Nov 23
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This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-This was the Calumet Park Fire Dept.’s Engine 2223, a 1997 HME/Ferrara 1500/500. Enjoy and comment. Happy Thanksgiving.Mike Summa
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Nov 16
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For #TBT from Larry Shapiro:
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Nov 2
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Firefighters from Buffalo Grove, Prospect Heights, and Wheeling along with police officers from Buffalo Grove and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded to a reported car fire Wednesday night near Dundee Road and Buffalo Grove Road. The police arrived first and reported a vehicle fully engulfed by fire on Buffalo Grove Road at East Park Place, which is almost a quarter of a mile south of Dundee Road in a small area of unincorporated Cook County that is within the Prospect Heights Fire District (PHFD).
The area which is without hydrants, is served through an agreement between the PHFD and Buffalo Grove. The initial response included Prospect Heights Battalion 9 with Ambulance 9 along with Buffalo Grove Tower 25. While en route, Battalion 9 requested a second engine after the report of a well-involved car fire and Wheeling Engine 24 was added to the response. A Buffalo Grove ambulance was sent at the request of Tower 25 upon their arrival and the discovery of a two-vehicle crash. Prospect Heights Tanker 9 was added to the response in lieu of using a several block supply line as it became evident that the tank water from both the tower and the engine was not going to be sufficient.
The car’s occupant self extricated and it appeared that the driver of the pickup truck may have fled the scene before the police arrived. One person was transported to the hospital and several others signed releases at the scene.
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Oct 12
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This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-This was the Flossmoor Fire Dept.’s Engine 1320, a 1994 HME/Luverne 1250/1250. Enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
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Sep 21
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This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:
A few former area units on scene in Lake Zurich back in 2004
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Sep 14
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This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-Villa Park Engine #3, a 1968 Pirsch 1000/500. Enjoy and comment.Mike Summa
And from our files:
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Sep 11
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The Countryside FPD was responded to a reported house fire at 1111 Dearborn Lane in Vernon Hills this afternoon. Companies arrived to find heavy fire in the two-story, single-family home. The requested a MABAS Box Alarm for change-of-quarters companies and then elevated the alarm to fill out the full box alarm assignment to the scene.
The fire was contained quickly and the Box Alarm was struck out prior to the arrival of all responding units.
This from Larry Shapiro:
I took in the house fire in Vernon Hills and arrived as the Box Alarm was struck out.
thank Josh
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