Articles filed under Palatine Rural Fire Protection District

• Palatine Rural fire board seeks fire commissioner applicants Apr 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Palatine Rural Fire Protection District's board of trustees is accepting letters from individuals interested in serving on the district's board of fire commissioners. The board meets quarterly on the first Thursday of January, April, July and October. It conducts entry-level and promotional interviews and the occasional discipline hearing.
  

   

• Inverness fire kills 3 cats, leaves home uninhabitable Mar 27, 2013 12:00 AM
  A fire in Inverness Wednesday morning killed three cats and left a home uninhabitable, according to the Palatine Rural Fire Protection District. No one was home at the time of the fire, and its cause remains under investigation.
  

   
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  FEMA doles out grant money to Algonquin/LITH, Palatine Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  Thanks to Uncle Sam, a pair of suburban fire protection districts can forge ahead with buying new equipment to make their jobs safer and more efficient. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will soon award $372,149 to the Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District and $10,450 to the Palatine Rural Fire Protection District.
  

   
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  Firefighters practice on former school building in Palatine Mar 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Palatine Fire Department is hosting a series of combined training events with the Rolling Meadows Fire Department and Palatine Rural Fire Protection District at the former home of the Camelot Care school facility, 1502 W. Northwest Hwy. in Palatine.
  

   

• Board seeks applicants for Palatine Rural fire board Mar 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Palatine Township board is accepting resumes from residents of the Palatine Rural Fire District interested in serving a three-year term beginning May 1 on the Palatine Rural fire board.
  

   
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  Palatine, Rolling Meadows officials suit up for fire fighting training Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Several elected and appointed officials took part in a Fire Ops 101 training session Friday under the guidance of firefighters from Palatine, Palatine Rural and Rolling Meadows. They headed to the former Camelot School property in Palatine for the hands-on fire fighting and rescue operations workshop, which started with them suiting up in the proper protective equipment.
  

   

• Local officials to trade in suits and ties for firefighting gear Mar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  Some local officials are about to walk in a firefighter's shoes — albeit in a heavily controlled and highly supervised setting. Palatine, Palatine Rural and Rolling Meadows firefighters are teaming up to put on training exercises for the managers, councilmen, aldermen and trustees who ultimately run the departments.
  

   
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  Fallen Palatine firefighters remembered 40 years later Feb 23, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Honor Guard procession, the placing of a wreath, the forlorn wail of a lone bagpipe playing, and the mournful knell of bells Saturday marked the sacrifice given by three fallen volunteer Palatine firefighters, John Wilson, Richard Freeman and Warren Ahlgrim, who perished during a fire rescue on Feb. 23, 1973. "We do this every year," retired Palatine firefighter Mark Hallett said. "We never let their memory die. We never will."
  

   

• Three Northwest suburban fire departments to train together Jan 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Palatine Rural Fire Protection District, Palatine Fire Department and Rolling Meadows Fire Department agreed to combine training programs this year in an effort to improve the level of service, ensure firefighter safety, improve overall efficiency and increase operational consistency.