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Pleasantview Fire Protection District news

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New engine for the Pleasantview FPD

From the January 14, 2020 Pleasantview FPD board meeting

Pleasantview Fire Protection District Board Meeting 1/14/20 minutes

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Pleasantview Fire Protection District Board Meeting 1/14/20 minutes

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New quint for the Pleasantview FPD

From the Pierce Flickr page:

Pierce Pleasantview Fire Protection Dist, IL 32398

Pleasantview FPD Ladder 153

Pierce composite

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Area apparatus orders

  • Carol Stream Fire Protection District; Alexis pumper with a Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis 1,500/750. Delivery in November.
  • Elk Grove Village Fire Department; Pierce Enforcer 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint 2,000/500/30. Delivery inDecember.
  • Pleasantview Fire Protection District; Pierce Impel 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint 1,500/500-gallon. Delivery in November.
  • Rolling Meadows; Pierce Velocity 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint 1,500-gpm pump. Delivery in November.

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New ambulance for Pleasantview FPD

From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:

Brand new custom Horton conversion on a Ford E450 chassis

Pleasantview FPD Medic 153

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Pleasantview FPD Medic 153

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Pleasantview FPD Medic 153

Foster Coach Sales photo

chevron striping on rear of ambulance

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Pleasantview FPD Medic 153

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new ambulance interior

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Pleasantview Fire Protection District LODD anniversary

Incident Summary

On October 26, 1981, Firefighters Jerome Srejma and Gary Michalek of the Pleasantview Fire Protection District died in the line of duty while fighting a fire at the Key West Restaurant in Countryside, Illinois. Srejma, a six year veteran firefighter, and Michalek, who had been with the department for less than one year, were paid-on-call volunteers on duty when the alarm came in, and were among the first firefighters to arrive on-scene.

Srejma and Michalek entered the restaurant wearing SCBA masks shortly before 5 AM in an effort to locate and extinguish the fire, which was mainly burning behind the walls and above the ceilings. They became disoriented in the dense smoke and were unable to find their way out of the restaurant before running out of air. Even after they were reported missing, it took fellow firefighters nearly thirty minutes to locate their bodies in the thick smoke. The collapse of the restaurant’s roof further complicated rescue efforts and sent two other firefighters to the hospital with injuries. Srejma and Michalek were rushed to Community Memorial General Hospital in LaGrange, where they were pronounced dead.

In the end, it took firefighters from nearly ten different communities more than three hours to extinguish the 3-11 alarm fire. Four days after the fire, Srejma and Michalek were remembered during separate funeral services that were attended by hundreds of firefighters from throughout the Chicagoland area.

information from the Illinois Fire Service Institute

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Pleasantview Fire District news (more)

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New ambulance for Pleasantview FPD

From the Foster Coach Sales Facebook page:

Brand new Horton conversion on a Ford E450 chassis

Pleasantview FPD ambulance

New ambulance for the Pleasantview FPD. Foster Coach Sales photo

Pleasantview FPD ambulance

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rear of new ambulance with chevron striping

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new ambulance interior

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new ambulance interior

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3-Alarm fire in Willow Springs, 10-28-16 (more)

Photos and video from Keith Grzadziel of the 3-Alarm fire in Willow Springs, 10-28-16

 

 

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Keith Grzadziel photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Keith Grzadziel photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Keith Grzadziel photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Keith Grzadziel photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Keith Grzadziel photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Keith Grzadziel photo

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3-Alarm fire in Willow Springs, 10-28-16 (more)

more photos from the 3-Alarm fire in Willow Springs, 10-28-16

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

3-Alarm restaurant fire in Willow Springs

Tim Olk photo

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