This from Tony Carlini:
Melrose Park Squad, F650 chassis, Marion Body Works 14’ walk-around rescue setup with shelves trays for extrication and other disciplines
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Posts Tagged Melrose Park Fire Department
Working fire in Melrose Park
Jun 11
From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Congratulations to Chief Rick Beltrame, Assistant Chief Jim Wrosch, Captain Frank Islami, and the members of the Melrose Park Fire Department on the recent purchase of their new Emergency One 95′ rear mount aerial. This new aerial comes complete with the following:E-ONE 95’ extruded aluminum platformCummins X12 500 HP engineAllison EVS4000 transmissionWaterous CSU 1500-GPM-pump500-gallon booster tankSideStacker extruded aluminum body with lift-up side access hosebed doorsWhelen Emergency warning lighting packageFireTech HiViz scene lights
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thanks Danny
More from the 3-Alarm fire in Stone Park, 9-5-20
Excerpts from chicago.cbslocal.com:
A dozen families were left homeless Saturday after winds fueled a fire that destroyed four residential buildings in the 1800 block of 36th Avenue in Stone Park. By the time the firefighters arrived, three buildings were already in flames. A dozen families – some with young children – were left homeless.
Investigators believe the fire started on a wooden back porch of one unit. They say winds fueled it, and that quickly made flames jump from one building to the next.
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Excerpts from the cookcountyrecord.com:
A former Melrose Park firefighter has lost his appeal to overturn the decision to terminate his employment for his failure to abide by residency requirements.
John Cannici argued that he maintained a home in Melrose Park and, therefore, satisfied the requirements under the municipal code that certain employees must live within the boundaries. In his testimony, he admitted to renting out the house in Melrose Park and lived full time with his family in Orland Park during the three years in question.
Nevertheless, the former firefighter argued that he used the Norwood Street house in Melrose Park as his mailing address, as it was where he would call to pick up bills, bank statements, and his voter registration documents. This argument was rejected by Melrose Park’s board of fire and police commissioners, as well as by Cook County Judge Neil H. Cohen and by a three-justice panel of the Illinois First District Appellate Court.
Cannici sued the Village of Melrose Park, the board, two of its commissioners, Fire Chief Richard Beltrane, and Mayor Ronald Serpico. He requested that the appeals court overturn the board’s decision, order his reinstatement with back pay, and award him attorney fees, all of which were rejected.
In an opinion written by Justice Cynthia Cobbs, with justices James Fitzgerald Smith and David Ellis concurring, the court found in favor of the board that “cause existed for Cannici’s termination where he admitted that he did not live at the Norwood house for this period of three years.”
The board ruled that “[t]he residency ordinance is not satisfied by virtue of ownership of the property” where “ownership of the property is not required by the ordinance at all.”
In the opinioin, Cobbs wrote: “The Melrose Park ordinance clearly defines resident and residence, and it requires its employees to maintain their status as residents during their employment.” She further stated that the court, in its reasoning, was not going to apply tests in previous residency cases that “conflict with the clearly expressed legislative intent” of the municipality.
“We find that the board properly interpreted and applied the village ordinance and correctly found Cannici in violation of the ordinance due to the three-year period he did not live in his Norwood house during his employment as a village firefighter,” Cobbs wrote.
From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Fire Service, Inc. congratulates the Melrose Park Fire Department (IL) on the delivery of their 4th Wheeled Coach Type III ambulance. This unit’s custom ALS cabinet, Duralite CN 10 compliant interior cabinets, and Per4Max restraints are key elements to the performance and durability that Melrose Park depends on. Whelen M-series warning and interior domes and the new under ride bumper assembly compliment this unit well. Melrose Park will provide the final touch with graphics and it will soon begin servicing the City of Melrose Park for many years to come. We thank the Melrose Park Fire Department administration for the continued trust in Wheeled Coach and Fire Service, Inc. to provide solutions to their needs !
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From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Fire Service, Inc. congratulates the Melrose Park Fire Department (IL) on the delivery of their 4th Wheeled Coach Type III ambulance today. This unit’s custom ALS cabinet, Duralite CN 10 compliant interior cabinets , and Per4Max restraints are key elements to the performance and durability that Melrose Park depends on. Whelen M series warning and interior domes and the new underride bumper assembly compliment this unit well. Melrose Park will provide the final touch with graphics and it will soon begin servicing the City of Melrose Park for many years to come. We thank the Melrose Park Fire Department administration for the continued trust in Wheeled Coach and Fire Service, Inc. to provide solutions to their needs !
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Fire Service, Inc. photo
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Excerpts from the CookCountyrecord.com:
A federal appeals court has ruled that the village of Melrose Park was within its rights to fire a firefighter for failing to abide by its residency requirements, dismissing an attempt by the firefighter to claim his termination violated his due process rights.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago affirmed the dismissal of due process and equal protection claims filed by John Cannici, a former Melrose Park firefighter, after he was terminated from his position for violating the village’s residency ordinance. Cannici was discharged from his position after Melrose Park found that he was not living in the village full-time.
According to Melrose Park’s village code, each and every officer and employee of the village, unless exempted by this chapter, must be a resident of the village.
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New engine for Melrose Park
Mar 14
