It is with deep regret that we pass on to you that earlier today, Hinsdale (IL) Deputy Fire Chief Mark Johnson passed away suddenly, in the Line of Duty. Deputy Chief Johnson was a twenty-four year veteran of the HFD. He started with the Village Fire Department in February of 1986. He was promoted to his...Read More
Hey, Senators will try to attach 9/11 legislation to a military funding bill Tuesday (tomorrow) in a surprise gambit to break a logjam on help for 9/11 victims. The amendment would be identical to the $7.4 billion James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act pending in the House. Senate passage would raise the chances of...Read More
New details about the death of a rookie Homewood firefighter were revealed today in a report that indicates the suburban Homewood (IL) FD was ill-prepared to handle a fire of the magnitude that killed two people and seriously injured another in March. An investigation into the extra-alarm house fire on March 30 that killed firefighter Brian...Read More
Firefighters had placed a ladder directly over the room of origin. Window failed at the point where the ladder was located and the room flashed over. A fire fighter was at the tip of the ladder attempting to deploy a roof ladder when the window failed. The fire fighter was engulfed in flames for a time and...Read More
Sept 11th, around 03:30 my partner and I got a "diff breather" call out in the county. It was on a lake at a year round residence. We get on scene with the vollie rescue dept and go into the house and do our thing. The pt is packaged and loaded on the cot. My...Read More
Sept 11th, around 03:30 my partner and I got a "diff breather" call out in the county. It was on a lake at a year round residence. We get on scene with the vollie rescue dept and go into the house and do our thing. The pt is packaged and loaded on the cot. My...Read More
