Tag result for article published on Thu March 16 2017 2:04 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: 9-1-1, 9-1-1 dispatch, 9-1-1 dispatch center, Barrington Countryside FPD, CenCom, fire department, fire department 9-1-1, Northwest Central Dispatch System
The Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District’s 9-1-1 and dispatch outsourcing has switched to Northwest Central Dispatch System located in Arlington Heights beginning the month of March 2017. Barrington Countryside left CenCom 9-1-1, a suburban consolidated dispatch center located in Round Lake Beach to join the Arlington Heights-based Northwest Central Dispatch System. CenCom now serves Antioch, […]
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Posted in Gov
Tag result for article published on Wed February 05 2014 2:55 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fire department, Local Government, Local Government alerts, police, Police Department, public safety, Schaumburg Police Department
Tuesday about 10:00 a.m. Schaumburg Police Department was testing its emergency alerting system via Schaumburg’s 911 dispatch center, Northwest Central Dispatch when an error occurred that caused a false alarm that caused initiation of school lock downs. Schaumburg #police press release attached-School Lock-Down message this morning was an error. pic.twitter.com/MgQn0ma7Xp — Villageof Schaumburg (@SchaumburgIL) February […]
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Tag result for article published on Thu August 13 2009 12:51 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fire department, harzardous materials, HazMat, Wheeling Fire Department
Wheeling Fire Department is managing a HazMat situation on Lake Cook Road about 25 yards east of the Walmart driveway with the traffic stoplight. A barrel was reported spilled by accident, which caused an unknown substance leaking from the barrel. Buffalo Grove Fire Department hazmat experts are also on the scene. Expect delays: traffic in […]
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Posted in FIRE BLOG
Tag result for article published on Fri August 07 2009 9:09 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fire, fire department, retail space, South, structure fire
Arlington Heights Fire Department firefighters use a Halligan tool and sledge hammer or sledge side of a fire axe to force entry into the front door quickly, but with minimal damage to the retail storefront. Arlington Heights Fire Department responded to a report of flames to the ceiling inside an empty retail space in a […]
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Tag result for article published on Sat July 11 2009 7:23 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: car fire, fire department, South
Arlington Heights Fire Department put out a car fire in the 1000 block of South Chestnut Avenue about 6:30 a.m. Saturday. The burning car was parked on a driveway about three feet away from the house and garage. View 2007-09 Arlington Heights Fire/Rescue Operations in a larger map
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Tag result for article published on Mon July 06 2009 8:53 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: ejection, Elgin-O'Hare Expressway, extrication, fire department, Hanover Park, rescue
View Larger Map Google Street View looking eastbound from Lake Street toward Elgin-O’Hare ramps to expressway. Hanover Park Fire Department responded to one-vehicle minivan accident on the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway, just east of Lake Street in Hanover Park. The minivan was westbound on the Elgin-O’Hare about 6:00 p.m. when the vehicle went out of control and […]
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Posted in Fire/Rescue/EMS Notebook
Tag result for article published on Mon May 25 2009 6:59 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: airplane crash, disaster, fire department, O'Hare
With the end of Runway 32R/14L in the lower right corner, the approximate flight path of American Airlines Flight 191 on May 25, 1979 at 3:04 p.m. is shown by the red arrow [MAP/SAT]. The crash site was in an empty field just south of the oasis on Interstate 90, just east of the Elmhurst […]
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