This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:

Larry Shapiro photo
Dec 15
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This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:
Larry Shapiro photo
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Dec 4
Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Fire Department News, Fire Scene photos | 2 Comments
Some photos from Larry Shapiro of the Box Alarm fire near Des Plaines, 12-2-22
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
Larry Shapiro photo
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Dec 2
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brief cellphone video from the Box Alarm fire near Des Plaines, 12-2-22
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Dec 2
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The North Maine FPD along with firefighters from Des Plaines and Niles were sent to a somewhat remote location in unincorporated Des Plaines for a house fire Friday morning (12-2-22). The large house at 9609 Reding Circle sits on a small lake off of Golf Road and I-294. Reding Circle is a narrow, private road with minimal access.
As smoke was reported on arrival, the alarm was upgraded to a working fire, and it wasn’t long before flames were venting through the roof of the vacant house. Companies made an interior attack and were pulled out to transition into a defensive attack with aerial operations. Three trucks were put to work with master streams; Des Plaines Tower 61, Niles Tower 2, and Glenview Truck 14. North Maine Engine 1, Niles Engine 3, and Prospect Heights Squad 9 were pumping. Truck 2 was on their own hydrant.
The alarm was upgraded again to a MABAS Box Alarm, although most of those mutual aid companies were not put to work.
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
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Excerpts from the journal-topics.com:
Niles firefighters are waiting on two new vehicles — an ambulance and a fire engine — which, because of supply chain issues including a computer chip shortage, are not expected to arrive until the spring of 2023 and 2024 respectively.
The new advance life support (ALS) ambulance by Horton has a cost not to exceed $455,000, and is not expected to be delivered until May according to Niles Fire Chief Marty Feld. The cost is running about $100,000 more than what was initially budgeted for the vehicle. The new ambulance will replace Station 3’s 2015 front line ambulance, which has logged more than 100,000 miles and has answered about 24,000 calls.
He discussed requesting a bid waiver to obtain a chassis for the ambulance with members of the village’s finance committee at their Aug. 3 meeting, but said at the Tuesday, Aug. 23 village board meeting that the dealer was able to obtain a chassis. The contract through the Northwest Municipal Conference joint purchasing agreement, which is soon expected to be considered by village trustees, could proceed without requesting a bid waiver.
Once the new ambulance comes in, the 2015 ambulance will become a reserve unit.
The last ambulance purchased was a 2019 model assigned to Station 2. That ambulance is two feet longer than what is being ordered for Station 3.
In May of this year, the fire department ordered a Pierce Enforcer engine for Station 2, which might not be delivered until May 2024 at a cost of about $900,000.
The new engine will replace a 1992 reserve engine. Supply chain issues are more difficult for the engine than they are for the ambulance, as the engine has more components that are proving difficult to obtain.
thanks Rob
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May 16
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From Phil Stenholm:
Another installment about History of Evanston Fire Department
photographer unknown
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Mar 11
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From Phil Stenholm:
Another installment about History of Evanston Fire Department
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Excerpts from the Journal-Topics.com:
The Niles Fire Department will receive a $207,400 grant award for equipment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighter Grant award through FEMA and the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.
The funds will purchase 45 self-contained breathing apparatus units, excluding the air tanks. The total cost to purchase the 45 units is $228,000. The grant funds 90% of that purchase.
In the fall of 2019, the department received a $55,000 grant from FEMA and homeland security for an air compressor to fill the air tanks used with the breathing apparatus.
$1.3 million in federal grants has been awarded to seven fire departments in the 10th Congressional District, including Niles.
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Thanks to Abby Logsdon, daughter of NFD FAE Bill Logsdon, for creating these outstanding new logos for us. Not only do they look great but they contain bits of NFD history as well. We can’t wait to proudly display these new logos on our vehicles and inside our firehouses, thank you Abby!
Niles FD photo
Niles FD photo
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May 25
Posted by Admin in Ambulance photos, Apparatus on-scene, Fire Scene photos, Fire Scene video | 7 Comments
Firefighters in Park Ridge responded to a car fire in a car port side a house at 2023 Milton Avenue in the late afternoon on Tuesday, 5/25/21. They had heavy fire upon arrival that was extending to the house. Heavy wind conditions threatened to spread flames to the adjacent houses and the Working Fire was upgraded to a MABAS Box Alarm.
Companies at the scene included all on-duty Park Ridge units plus trucks from Niles and Des Plaines. Engines at the scene included Schiller Park Engine 5 and Wheeling Engine 42 plus Northfield Squad 29, Des Plaines Squad 63, and Morton Grove Squad 4. Ambulances included North Maine Ambulance 1, Niles Ambulance 2, and Des Plaines Ambulance 62. Chief officers included North Maine Battalion 1, Des Plaines Battalion 61, Morton Grove Battalion 4, Schiller Park Battalion 5, and Niles Battalion 2.
From Steve Redick:
Larry Shapiro photo
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