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| Rockton: First responders share lessons learned in Chemtool fire Emergency crews that helped out this summer when the Chemtool fire lit up the sky in Rockton highlight the urgency of having a community response plan in place. "This was very, very informative," said Douglas Proudfoot. Proudfoot listened in shock Tuesday afternoon at a Belvidere Chamber of Commerce luncheon, as emergency responders shared lessons learned in the recent Chemtool fire and explosion. "Just knowing all the different things they do, the outreaches the community and the police departments and the fire departments have is... that was crazy," said Proudfoot. "That was really informative. I had no idea the amount of tentacles they have in the region these people have." WIFR-TV CBS 23 ROCKFORD Related: Chemtool fire Dashcam video released Peoria store suffers thousands in damages after late-night fire The Peoria Fire Department is investigating what started a fire last Tuesday night at a local furniture store. Around 11:30 p.m., firefighters received a call for a fire alarm activation for a building on N. Sheridan Rd. by W. Virginia Ave. While inside the building, crews found heavy smoke coming from the back. Additional companies were called once the fire was located on the second floor, activating the sprinkler system. Ameren Illinois also responded to the scene, shutting down the gas and power. No one was found inside the building accord to Battalion Chief Steve Rada. A fire investigator was called to the scene to determine the cause of the fire. Overall, damages are estimated to be around $100,000. This case remains under investigation. WMBD-TV CBS 31 PEORIA Joliet Fire Department Gets New Quint A Joliet Fire Department fire engine was parked in the middle of DesPlaines Street on the backside of City Hall Tuesday morning, but this was no cause for alarm. Nothing was ablaze at City Hall. This was photo-op time. The Joliet Fire Department's new quint, manufactured in Florida at the E-ONE facility, was recently put into service at Station 9, which is near Caton Farm Road at 2300 Michas Drive, which is in the Plainfield area. Joliet's new quint cost about $1.1 million, according to Joliet Fire Chief Greg Blaskey. According to one fire industry manufacturer in Wisconsin, a quint fire truck combines the equipment capabilities of a ladder truck and the water-pumping ability of a fire engine. WOODRIDGE PATCH PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Fire destroys dozens of cars at Indiana auto yard Firefighters say more than three dozen cars caught fire Wednesday morning at a south side business. Crews used tanker trucks to bring water deep into the auto yard. Once the water supply was established, crews had the fire under control in about 40 minutes. Indianapolis Fire Department crews were dispatched around 1:45 a.m. to Insurance Auto Auctions located at 3202 S. Harding St. IFD found about 40 cars on fire when crews arrived at the location. Heavy fire destroyed the cars, IFD said. No injuries were reported. The fire remains under investigation. IFD said the company was looking into the possibility that a lightning strike from thunderstorms overnight may have started the fire. WXIN-TV FOX 59 INDIANAPOLIS As Wildfires Burn, Are U.S. Cities Spending Too Much on Their Fire Departments? It may sound surprising in an era characterized by increasingly destructive wildfires, but Stephen Jellie just spent the past year trying to get rid of firefighters. Jellie is the fire chief and city manager of Ogdensburg, N.Y., a town on the Canadian border that's small and getting smaller—10,064 lived there in April 2020, down from 12,375 in 1980. The city kept raising taxes to try to save itself from financial distress, but costs were spiraling out of control. "We let it creep—we just kept putting resources into public safety," he told me. "But you can't run a city with just a fire department and a police department." Ogdensburg isn't unusual in cities and towns across the U.S.—even as the number of home fires has fallen significantly over the past few decades, spending on municipal fire departments has skyrocketed. TIME - METERED SITE Oklahoma firefighters rescue country superstar Reba McEntire from second-story window after stairs collapse VIDEO: A close call for a Texoma country superstar, Reba McEntire, had to be evacuated on a fire ladder from a second-story window Tuesday afternoon. "Oh it was pretty scary, I was worried about who was downstairs and how bad it was," Coby Scherrill said. Scherrill was touring an historic building downtown Atoka Tuesday afternoon with Reba McEntire for a future project. "We were just touring the building and the stairwell was weak it seemed weak but we did not realize how weak it was until several people had gone down it and then we heard the crash and saw the stairs fall," Scherrill says. City of Atoka Emergency Management Director, Travis Mullins, said the stairwell from the second story to the third collapsed, falling onto the stairwell from the first to the second floor, and trapping people on whatever floor they were on at the time. KXII-TV CBS/FOX 12 SHERMAN Pennsylvania township to donate fire engine to tornado-ravaged Alabama fire department The Whitehall Township Bureau of Fire will donate a retired fire engine to a volunteer fire company in central eastern Alabama ravaged last spring by a tornado. The Whitehall Township Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the donation at its Monday night meeting. According to Whitehall Fire Chief David Nelson, the 1990 Mack special edition fire engine placed out of service three years ago will be transported to the Shinbone Valley Volunteer Fire Department in Delta, Alabama. The department lost all of its firefighting equipment due to a sudden and severe tornado which raised the fire station to the ground. Nelson said the engine, which at municipal auction would net Whitehall about $4,000, would be put to a better and more appreciated use down South as opposed to becoming a showpiece here in the Lehigh Valley. WFMZ-TV 69 ALLENTOWN PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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