This fire was held in check by sprinklers…high humidity kept the smoke conditions very low and as a result good photos were very difficult to get. I’m told a wall was breached in the large vacant commercial that made up sector 4 attached..I believe it was for inspection purposes..
The division 10 MVU was requested but as fate would have it it was oos..
As a followup to a previous post HERE, Martin Nowak has submitted images now from Bridgeview Station 1 to allow readers an insight into the rest of the department’s apparatus.The Bridgeview Fire Department in Mabas Division 21 has not yet been added to the site.
Will County has unveiled a new vehicle that will serve as a command center directly at the scene of an emergency.
The new vehicle has so many technological updates over previous mobile units, there essentially is no comparison, said Harold Damron, emergency management director for Will County.
The county board recently got a look at the Incident Command Center, which is the size of a large bus, at the county office building in downtown Joliet.
“So for that incident commander, and the key command staff, this provides all the capabilities they need to manage a big incident,” he said.
The Incident Command Center has a freightliner chassis and a Cummins turbo diesel engine. The vehicle is 46 feet long and 13.5 feet high, weighing 42,260 pounds.
The body was custom built by Farber Specialty Vehicles of Ohio.
In the forward section of the vehicle, there is space for 10 work stations for the incident commander and key personnel.
“We have a lot of radios, because of all the different frequencies that exist around the county, that different agencies use,” Damron said. “We put in a computer control system, so all the radios are installed in a rack, which is in the rear of the vehicle. But they’re all controlled via computer software over an internal network. So any laptop computer that’s in the vehicle can launch that software, and then they can choose what frequency they need to talk on,” Damron said.
“So if I’m the fire chief, and I need a particular fire frequency, I can pull that up in the software. And using the software, using the computer microphone headset, I can communicate on that channel without ever having to touch the actual radio,” he said.
The new vehicle also will serve as a communications backup if there is a disruption in 911 service or other major public-safety communications, Damron said.
The county can bring the vehicle to a location —wherever it needs to be — for support during the problem. In the rear of the vehicle, there are three complete 911-capable work stations.
The vehicle, which costs around $1.15 million, was approximately 80 percent grant funded. 911 surcharge money funded around 20 percent.
Pierce has posted an unlettered image of a new IHC 4300/Medtec Type I ambulance for the Glenside Fire Protection District.
Pierce (Medtec) composite of a new ambulance for the Glenside FPD. Shop order #24764.
The Chicagoland Emergency Vehicle Show is a fun, family event that is free to the public. It is a great day for photos and public education about emergency vehicles and the public safety professionals who operate them. It’s the Midwest?’s largest public emergency vehicle show with around 200 different types of emergency vehicles visiting North Aurora for the weekend events.
There will be a Kane Co Sheriff SWAT demo, North Aurora FD/O’Hare Towing heavy rescue crash extrication demo, an emergency vehicle obstacle course (EVOC), Aurora Regional Fire Museum hand-pumper and antique fire engine pumping demo, vehicle tours including Will Co EMA’s new mobile command post, CBS2 Chopper 2, plus top notch antique safety equipment vendors, fire engine rides, food, and much more.
2012 is our 15th Anniversary year and we are pleased to be returning to our original North Aurora show grounds at Pentair Water and Oberweis Dairy near I-88 and Randall Rd. Government agencies, museums, companies, manufacturers, and private collectors are all welcome to display their emergency vehicles. It is not too late to register and while we prefer pre-registration, day-of-show registration is welcome and free this year.
Please join us for the parade Friday, August 3rd, and the big show on Saturday, August 4th!
Visit our website at www.EmergencyVehicleShow.com for details.
In response to our previous post of Highland Park’s newest ambulance, Sam Borica found this link to the facebook page from Horton of Illinois with a large gallery of images showing the new ambulance. It is a 2012 Ford F-450 Type I by Horton. This is Highland Park’s first all red ambulance and their first Type I.
The MABAS Division 22 Command Van has been added to the site page for the Posen Fire Department where it is housed. As the caption shows, this was a former ambulance and command van with Evergreen Park.
Here are some photos from a recent Division XI TRT Confined Space Drill hosted by North Riverside FD. The aerial truck is NR 806 being used as a high anchor point. Also part of the drill was the Div XI Air Unit and Div XI 1111 TRT Truck.
3500 W. 127th St., Blue Island today – 2 sty warehouse 200×200 – Fire was thru the roof when crews pulled up with a big header in the sky. It turned out to be a small fire in the ventilation system of a paint booth.
Medtec has posted an unlettered image of a new Ford F-450/Medtec Type I ambulance for the East Joliet Fire Department.
Pierce composite of the new Medtec ambulance for the East Joliet Fire Department. It carries shop order #25171.