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Posts Tagged Wilmette Fire Department
In production updates
Sep 14
Area E-ONE apparatus updates
Sep 10
From the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page:
- The Spring Valley Fire Department ordered an E-ONE Typhoon pumper
- The Evergreen Park Fire Department ordered an E-ONE 100′ ladder truck and a Cyclone II pumper
- Dyer Fire Department’s new stainless steel E-ONE eMAX pumper on a Typhoon chassis is in the final stages
The E-ONE Typhoon eMAX rescue pumper is almost completed. Fire Service, Inc. photo
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Wilmette FD’s E-ONE eMAX rescue engine is nearing completion.
E-ONE eMAX engine for Wilmette on the line. Fire Service, Inc. photo
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Northfield FD’s E-ONE eMAX rescue pumper on the chassis line. This will be the first apparatus for Northfield FD with a new black over red paint scheme for the cab.
Cab for Northfield’s new engine at the plant. Fire Service, Inc. photo
Area apparatus purchases
Aug 15
This from Josh Boyajian:
River Forest
- a Smeal 105′ heavy-duty quint has been purchased and waiting to be placed into service. It will be on display at FRI Friday and Saturday
Leyden FPD
- a 2013 Ford F-350 Wheeled Coach ambulance has been completed and will be on display at FRI this weekend
Bensenville FPD
- a 2013 Ford F-450 Wheeled Coach ambulance has been purchased and will be delivered by the end of the month
Cicero
- a Pierce Dash CF pumper is being built and will be delivered in February
Bolingbrook
Has approved the purchase of two new units:
- a Pierce Dash CF ladder truck
- Pierce Impel engine
Chicago Ridge
- a 2014 Road Rescue medium-duty ambulance on a TerraStar chassis
Wilmette
- a 2013 E-One E-Max pumper will be delivered in the next few months
- a 2013 Ford F-450 squad is being built at Warner Bodies and will be delivered in the next few months
Northfield
- a 2013 E-One engine is being built on a Cyclone chassis which should be done by end of year
Broadview
- 2013 E-One pumper has been ordered. Unknown on the specs
Westchester
- 2013 E-One 21? custom, walk-around rescue on a Typhoon chassis is being built and will be delivered by end of year.
Palos Heights FPD
- 2013 E-One pumper has been ordered, unknown specs at this time.
Gurnee
- 2013 Ford F-450 Road Rescue Ultramedic Type I is being built and should be completed by the end of the year
Joliet
- Their two new engines are completed and ready to be delivered if they weren’t already
Chicago
- Fire Service Inc. is pleased to announce a multi-year contract with the City of Chicago for airport pumpers. The initial order is for three units. The new units will be E-One Cyclone custom chassis with 2000 GPM Hale pump, Fecon foam system, 1000 gallon water tank and 250 gallon foam tanks with Salisbury Stainless Steel bodies. We look forward to bringing back the E-One product family to the third largest city in the United States.
thanks Danny
this from Tim Olk:
an early morning fire in a condo on Ridge in Wilmette. Wilmette firefighters made quick work of a fire in one unit and found the 101 year old resident laying next to the bed with the help of a TIC.
she was transported to Lutheran General Hospital and underwent hyperbaric treatment
Images from the Fire Service, Inc. Facebook page of the new E-ONE squad for Wilmette.
Fire Service, Inc. photo
Fire Service, Inc. photo
Fire Service, Inc. photo
It was a busy night in the northern suburbs.
The Evanston Fire Department struck a box alarm for fire in a three-story apartment building in the 700 block of Noyes. The CBS Chicago reports:
Firefighters were called to the 700 block of Noyes Street about 11:24 p.m. and quickly extinguished “heavy” flames in a second-floor apartment, according to a release from the Evanston Fire Department.
A 56-year-old man was rescued from the apartment, suffering from first and second degree burns, as well as smoke inhalation, the release stated. The man was taken to Evanston NorthShore Hospital in critical condition, according to the release.
Early this morning Wilmette firefighters pulled a resident from a burning house on Valley View Drive. The Chicago Tribune reports:
A Wilmette house fire that left a woman critically injured early this morning may have been started by a humidifier plugged into the bedroom wall, Fire Chief Jim Dominik said.
At about 1:15 a.m., Wilmette firefighters were called to a home in the 200 block of Valley View Drive and found the inside of the home fully involved with fire, Dominik said. The smoke was “thick and black, visibility was zero,” Dominik said.
Firefighters found the only resident of the house, a woman in her 60s, unconscious and in critical condition. After emergency treatment at the scene, she was transported to Skokie Hospital, where she was stabilized and then transferred to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.
“The personnel first on the scene did a great job of locating and getting the victim out of the house,” Dominik said.
Tim Olk submitted several images from the scene and an updated report that there were six occupants in the car.
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
Tim Olk photo
The Glenview Fire Department responded to a report of smoke in the building in unincorporated Cook County at 3521 Central Road just before 10PM. Additional calls reported a fire in a third floor unit of the three-story apartment building and that a resident on the balcony might jump. Glenview Engine 7 was the first fire unit on the scene and found heavy fire pushing out of a third floor unit with a frantic tenant on the balcony. They upgraded the alarm to a box alarm.
As firefighters prepared for a rescue, they urged the occupant not to jump. Subsequently the resident escaped by climbing to the adjacent balcony and then dropping down one floor as firefighters were able to get a ground ladder in place.
The fire was knocked down quickly with some extension to the neighboring unit. Three Glenview engines were pumping at the scene and Truck 14 had their main to the roof. Mutual aid companies included Northfield Squad 29, North Maine Engine 1 and Battalion 1, Niles Engine, Ambulance, and Battalion 2, Morton Grove Engine 5 and Squad 4, Northbrook Truck 12, Wilmette Tower 26, and Mt. Prospect Engine 14.
Tim Olk and Larry Shapiro went to the scene but both arrived after the fire had been knocked down. A few images have been posted from the scene.
Glenview Engine 6 had a hydrant west of the fire building. Larry Shapiro photo
Firefighters overhaul the balcony and mansard roof. Larry Shapiro photo
Glenview and mutual aid companies overhaul from the roof. Larry Shapiro photo
Wetting down in the void spaces above the adjoining unit. Larry Shapiro photo
Glenview Engine 13 was supplying Engine 7 closer to the fire unit. Larry Shapiro photo
The Evergreen Park Fire Department in MABAS Division 21 has been added to the site. They have one station at 9000 S. Kedzie Ave. and a tremendous amount of vehicles. Matt Schumann submitted the images representing the department and also the following information: 
-Village established in 1893, fire department created by ordinance in 1926– Protects approximately 23,000 people on a daily basis and 3.2 square miles-Dispatched by Oak Lawn Central Dispatch on 155.55 Mhz-1 full-time chief, 1 part-time deputy chief, and a roster of approximately 100 POC members-ISO Class 3-10 personnel per shift consisting of a battalion chief, engine, ambulance and truck company manned at all times-Automatic-Aid agreements with the Village of Oak Lawn and Hometown FPD.-Village bordered by the City of Chicago to the North, East and South, Hometown and Oak Lawn to the west
Evergreen Park Fire Station at 9000 S. Kedzie Avenue. Matt Schumann photo
Matt Schumann photo
Wilmette was the original owner of Evergreen Park Snorkel Squad 3. It originally had a 1,250-GPM pump and 300 gallons of water. Larry Shapiro photo
