Morton Grove took delivery of their new E 1 Engine 4 today
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Production photos of the New engine for Morton Grove
Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:
The Morton Grove Village Board on Nov. 8 confirmed the appointment of Ralph M. Ensign as the new fire chief. Ensign’s first day was Nov. 15. He was recommended for appointment by village staff following a “wide recruitment process” that included 22 applicants.
Ensign has worked for fire departments in Winnetka, Northfield, Highland Park, and Glenview. In 2019, he retired from the position of fire chief with the Glenview Fire Department after five years in that position and more than 40 years in fire service.
Ensign is also an assessor and evaluator for the Center for Public Safety Excellence, a nonprofit organization that assists fire departments with accreditation and education programs.
Morton Grove Fire Chief Frank Rodgers retired last spring after 31 years with the department. He had held the position of fire chief since 2016.
New engine for Morton Grove
Jun 22
From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
Congratulations and Thank You to interim Fire Chief Dan Gallagher and the committee from the Morton Grove Fire Department on the purchase of their new E-ONE eMax stainless steel, side mount pumper. This will be their first E-ONE and we would like to welcome them to the Fire Service family. This was sold by Greg Hansen, one of our Northern Illinois fire sales reps, and contains the following options:
• E-ONE stainless steel body with overhead ladder rack and low hosebed
• E-ONE Cyclone 80” CA cab
• 530-gallon water tank
• 1500-GPM E-ONE eMAX pump
• Cummins L9 450 HP engine
• Allison EVS 3000 automatic transmission
thanks Danny
From the Foster Coach Sales website:
thanks Martin
Morton Grove and Skokie firefighters were sent to 9007 Meade Avenue for a detached garage fire.
Excerpts from the journal-topics.com:
Firefighters fought a blaze Monday night (Dec. 3) aboard the locomotive of a Milwaukee District North Metra commuter train. Railroad officials said the crew of the train heard a loud noise coming from the engine compartment, they shut down the engine, and found smoke and fire.
Firefighters were dispatched shortly after 8 p.m. and on arrival found one of the locomotive’s diesel engines on fire with passengers being safely evacuated from the train by Morton Grove police. The fire did not extend into the passenger cars and no one was injured. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.
Metra officials said there were about 100 passengers aboard the train and all but 20 made alternative arrangements to reach their destinations. About 20 passengers waited until 10 p.m. for the next train. Train traffic was moving by about 9:15 p.m., but the affected train, stopped at the station and sitting across Lincoln Avenue with gates down, kept Lincoln blocked until about 11 p.m.
Firefighters from Niles, Morton Grove, and Skokie were able to bring the fire under control within about 15 minutes, but it took an additional 15 to 20 minutes to contain lingering hot spots and to ensure the fire was fully extinguished, because of unique void spaces built into the steel of the engine compartment of the locomotive. Firefighters used saws to cut into the engine compartment to extinguish pockets of fire.
photos from Josh Boyajian