Tag result for article published on Fri November 09 2012 8:49 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: death investigation, sonar techs, South Barrington, water recovery, water recovery South Barrington
South Barrington police and Barrington Countryside firefighter/paramedics about 3:00 PM Friday recovered the body of Vance Nwankwo, 25, in a pond near his home near Penny Road and Bartlett Road in South Barrington. Firefighter divers searched two ponds near his home a little over one week after he was reported missing on November 1, 2012. [...]
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Posted in FIREBLOG C, Water Safety
Tag result for article published on Mon April 16 2012 8:37 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Advanced Life Support, Cook County Sheriff, drowning, North Maine Fire Department, swan, swan attack, unincorporated Des Plaines, water recovery
North Maine Fire Department responded about 6:59 a.m. Saturday to a report of a drowning victim at 9386 Bay Colony Drive. Emergency responders received a report that a man and a dog were in a boat when the dog jumped into the water, and a man jumped into the pond after the dog. A citizen [...]
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Posted in FIREBLOG B, Water Safety
Tag result for article published on Sun April 15 2012 9:16 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Advanced Life Support, Cook County Sheriff, drowning, North Maine Fire Department, unincorporated Des Plaines, water recovery
North Maine Fire Department responded about 6:59 a.m. Saturday to a report of a drowning victim at 9386 Bay Colony Drive. Emergency responders received a report that a man and a dog were in a boat when the dog jumped into the water, and a man jumped into the pond after the dog. A citizen [...]
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Posted in Fire/Rescue/EMS Notebook, Water Safety
Tag result for article published on Sat April 14 2012 9:01 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Advanced Life Support, Cook County Sheriff, drowning, North Maine Fire Department, unincorporated Des Plaines, water recovery
North Maine Fire Department responded about 6:59 a.m. Saturday to a report of a drowning victim at 9386 Bay Colony Drive. Emergency responders received a report that a man and a dog were in a boat when the dog jumped into the water, and a man jumped into the pond after the dog. A citizen [...]
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Posted in FIREBLOG C, Water Safety
Tag result for article published on Fri May 06 2011 10:29 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: death investigation, missing found, River Grove, Rolling Meadows, water recovery
Alicja Kaminska, 55, of the 5200 block of Carriage Way Drive in Rolling Meadows, has been identified as the victim that was recovered from the Des Plaines River near River Grove on April 28, according to officials from the Cook County Medical Examiners office. The cause of her death remains unknown. An autopsy is reported [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Sun February 20 2011 7:24 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: body recovered from water, death investigation, Schaumburg, water recovery
Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:35 p.m. Sunday to a pond behind the Tree House Apartments, 2550 Barkwood Road, after a citizen reported something suspicious in the water. A Schaumburg Fire Department diver entered the water and discovered a male human body, which was recovered to shore and pronounced dead at the scene. Schaumburg [...]
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Posted in CRIME BLOG B
Tag result for article published on Sun May 23 2010 12:09 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: missing person, vehicle in water, water recovery
Chicago Fire Department firefighters and divers responded just before noon to a report of a car in the water 3400 North at Belmont Harbor — right across from the third dock. Divers were released from a Chicago Fire Department helicopter that first discovered the vehicle submerged in the water. Divers were in the water by [...]
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Posted in Water Safety
Tag result for article published on Sun May 23 2010 10:30 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago Fire Department, water recovery
Chicago Fire Department firefighters recovered the body of a child about 11:10 a.m. Sunday near a staging area at Francisco and Lawrence. The location is about 1.3 miles downstream from the location where 8 year-old Cashmere Castillo fell in the Chicago River during a game of tag. Chicago police dogs trained to identify cadaver scent [...]
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Posted in FD Notebook, Water Safety