Posts Tagged North Aurora Fire Protection District

Large barn fire near Batavia 1-9-12

Jan 10

Posted by bgshap in Fire, Fire Service News | Comments off

The Kane County Chronicle has an article about a fire on Monday that:

…caused more than $400,000 in damage to a barn at Stokes Excavating at 35W160 Butterfield Road in unincorporated Batavia.

Batavia and North Aurora firefighters responded to the blaze along with other area fire departments, including Aurora, Geneva and Fermilab.

Firefighters arrived on the scene at 10:29 a.m., and had the fire under control by 12:30 p.m. The fire forced the closure of Butterfield Road between Hart/Mitchell Road and Pinecreek Drive in North Aurora.

The complete article with a video and photo can be found HERE.

Tags: Batavia Fire Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory fire department, Fermilab Fire Department, Geneva Fire Department, North Aurora Fire Department, North Aurora Fire Protection District

North Aurora updates

Jun 15

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News, Reader submission, updated listing | 4 Comments

When a department is added to the website, we strive for accuracy in our postings. When North Aurora was posted yesterday, we had listed several units as being assigned to the annex building. Evidently, the information we had is already out of date. We are always glad to have readers provide us with pertinent information including corrections.

Such was the case when Brian Kazmierzak of the Clay Fire Territory in South Bend viewed the site and noticed a familiar unit. He sent us a note with a photo of Clay Fire Tactical Rescue 2 (T2) which bears a striking resemblance to North Aurora Technical Rescue 540.

The Clay Fire Territory acquired the unit from North Aurora in July of 2010 and since September of 2010 it responds as part of the MABAS Division 201 Tactical Rescue Team.

Clay Fire Territory Tactical Rescue Unit

Clay Fire Territory (IN) Tactical Rescue 2, formerly North Aurora Fire Protection District (IL) Technical Rescue 540.

North Aurora Fire Protection District Technical Rescue 540

Brian also informed us that Technical Rescue 544 (1997 Freightliner FLD/Fruehauf) is now in Aurora.

Tags: Brian Kazmierzak, Clay Fire Territory, Freightliner FLD, MABAS Division 201, North Aurora Fire Department, North Aurora Fire Protection District, Sterling Acterra

North Aurora is added to the site

Jun 14

Posted by bgshap in Fire Department News, Fire Service News, New Listing | 2 Comments

North Aurora Fire Protection District Station 1

North Aurora Station 1 houses both medic units, two engines, a tower ladder and the chief officers. Bill Friedrich photo

The North Aurora Fire Protection District in MABAS Division 13 (Kane County) has two stations. One station (#2) has only two engines; a front line and a reserve. The main station has both of the department’s ambulances, the battalion chief, two engines, and a tower ladder. In addition, they have a second building on the grounds which houses the special teams including several TRT units and a boat. The fire suppression apparatus was mostly purchased from Pierce with a 1986 Arrow engine, a 1996 Lance, a 2006 Dash, and a 2001 Dash tower ladder. The frontline engine out of Station 2 is an E-ONE.

Images were supplied by Bill Friedich and Larry Shapiro.