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 A brush fire got out of control in Bourbonnais on Tuesday afternoon and caused approximately $60,000 in damage to several buildings in the 2200 block of West 3100N Road. Bourbonnais Fire Protection Chief Ed St. Louis said while a caller was still online with 911, a second caller reported a trailer was on fire. There were two structures and dense brush on fire with flames nearing an occupied residence before firefighters from several departments arrived on scene. A second alarm was called due to a large brush fire in the western portion of Kankakee County using manpower, St. Louis said. Water had to be trucked in due to the nearest fire hydrant being 1,500 feet from the fire. Resources from as far away as Plainfield and Morris responded. KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL With nine of 10 precincts reporting, Bartonville voters have said they would be willing to pay a bit more to have on-call firefighters within its volunteer department. The vote, which is strictly advisory, wouldn't establish a stand-by crew nor does it set any parameters on how they would be used or serve. Rather, it merely asked if village residents would want such a thing if they had to pay for it. Roughly 70% or 1,942 voters, said yes to the referendum while about 30%, or 831 voters, said no. There is still one precinct left to report its totals, but at that margin the outcome is unlikely to change. The idea is that with a volunteer department like Bartonville, there are some times when its hard to get people to be on duty. Having a crew that was on stand-by would help with those periods. It doesn't, officials have said in the past, begin a path to the elimination of the volunteer fire service. JOURNAL STAR The importance of quality firefighters was never more important than it was early Tuesday morning in a highly active fire in the 800 block of Ferguson Avenue in Wood River. Wood River firefighters, joined by East Alton, Roxana, Edwardsville, and Rosewood Heights, battled a serious fire on Ferguson Avenue. Because of the firefighters' quick responses, the fire was contained in a matter of minutes and saved. Wood River Fire Chief Wade Stahlhut said he was exceptionally proud of the effort by the various firefighters from different fire agencies. Stahlhut explained that the origin of the fire appeared to be the back of a dryer in the basement. The Scroggins family, owners of the home, contacted 911 when they noticed the smoke and escaped quickly before firefighters arrived. Steve Scroggins, the owner of the home, commended the firefighters for saving two of his dogs in the process and said it was difficult to get them out of the home. RIVERBENDER For the second time this year, voters in the Bourbonnais, Grant Park and Limestone fire protection districts voted down referenda seeking property tax increases. All three were asking voters in their respective districts to allow them to increase tax rates for the next two years. After the two years, the tax rates will revert back to their current rate. Property taxes and money from insurance companies for transporting residents to the hospital are the districts' source of funding. Each district requested the increase via referendum in the March 17 primary election and all were turned down. On Tuesday, Limestone Fire Protection District's referendum was rejected 1,681 to 1,488. The department was asking for a 66 percent increase in its property tax rate. "We'll try for it until it passes," Limestone Deputy Fire Chief Austyn Bruno said. KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL |
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 VIDEO: Heidi Charest of Lady's Island had the slightest of leads in the finals of the Firefighting Combat Challenge World Championships in Irving, Texas, two weeks ago. Her focus turned to keeping that lead as she dragged a 175-pound mannequin across the finish line. "Just keep moving," she told herself. "Don't let it down. Keep moving." Picking up Rescue Randy, as the competition mannequin is known, is the hardest part, Charest said. She didn't want to have to do it twice. As tough as it is — hefting and dragging the mannequin that weighs 25 pounds more than she does — that part of the race is her favorite. "I see it as a great accomplishment, not only as a female but as a firefighter," she said, explaining that the skill could mean saving the life of a fellow firefighter in an emergency situation. THE ISLAND PACKET - METERED SITE When USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) caught fire at the pier over the summer, sailors from across the waterfront rushed to the scene, some in damage control teams from their own ships and some showing up as individuals who wanted to help. Though the five-day firefighting effort became very organized, the first minutes were confusing: it was a Sunday morning, when most of the Bonhomme Richard crew and leadership weren't around, and disparate people who knew how to fight fires but hadn't trained on how to fold in together in an organized way rushed to the scene. A recent training exercise at the pier at Naval Station Norfolk sought to address that challenge. Crew members of aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) participated in two in-port emergency team (IET) training evolutions on Oct. 24 and 26, to learn how to not only handle an emergency and incorporate help from civilian emergency responders, but also to learn how to integrate help from a nearby ship. USNI NEWS Crews battled massive flames at a home in Schuylkill County. Fire ripped through the home in the 1100 block of West Center Street in West Mahanoy Township just after 10:30 p.m. Monday. Emergency officials said it was a single family home, but no one was hurt. Crews were at the scene for several hours battling the flames. Officials did not say what may have sparked the fire. WFMZ-TV 69 ALLENTOWN Firefighters love their job, but it comes with hazards that not only threaten their physical safety, but also their emotional and mental well-being. Responding to hundreds of emergency related calls each year exposes firefighters and other first responders to a tremendous amount of trauma, from deadly car accidents and house fires to medical calls. Their devotion to helping people in crisis comes at a price. "Sometimes it just gets kind of heavy," explained longtime Tallahassee firefighter Engineer/Paramedic Jamal Simpson. "I've had guys come to me and say, ‘Hey, I had a bad wreck and when I opened the door I saw my brother.' No, it wasn't their actual brother, but it was someone around the same age, same build, same clothing and those things strike a nerve. Sometimes the guys just keep it in and don't talk about it or we may laugh about something to lighten the mood, but that is still in the back of your mind. You get enough of those and it starts to add up." TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT Over 44 million people have contracted the novel coronavirus as of Oct. 28, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. About 1.2 million have died. As this pandemic rages across the globe and irrevocably changes more and more lives, its impact becomes increasingly difficult to visualize: 1.2 million deaths—that's about half the population of Houston, Texas. That's 11 million people left in mourning, according to Kaiser Health News—greater than the populations of New York City and Chicago combined. Still, even making these abstract comparisons minimizes the importance of each life lost, each person left disabled by long-term COVID-19 complications, and each person who lost work or income during the pandemic. Stacker compiled 50 charts that attempt to capture the scope of lives impacted by COVID-19. Some charts visualize global impacts, but most focus on the U.S. Sources include the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tableau Public's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Viz Gallery, and custom charts made by Stacker specifically for this story. STACKER |
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