Articles filed under Carpentersville & Countryside FPD
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Divers find body of man who went into Fox River in Elgin
Jul 5, 2018 4:25 PM - Authorities have recovered the body of a man last seen in the Fox River after the Fourth of July fireworks show in Elgin, according to the Elgin Fire Department. -
Firefighters' memorial recognizes mental stress of physical danger
May 12, 2018 2:39 PM - Recognizing and respecting the mental as well as physical stresses of firefighting was a major theme of the 26th annual Elgin Area Firefighters' Memorial Service observed by 16 departments Saturday. -
Faculty should not discourage debateFeb 5, 2018 1:00 AM - A Carpentersville letter to the editor: Politically, I am decidedly liberal and have a visceral dislike of the views of Steve Bannon and President Donald Trump, but I have to wonder what the heck the faculty at the University of Chicago is thinking.
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Carpentersville firefighter dies at 46; honor guard escorts body home
Jul 21, 2017 11:21 AM - Funeral services are pending for a longtime Carpentersville firefighter/paramedic who died unexpectedly of unknown reasons Monday while on vacation. -
Girl falls 25 feet off bridge in forest preserve near CarpentersvilleMar 8, 2016 8:58 PM - A 17-year-old girl fell off 25 feet off a bridge Tuesday in Kane County Forest Preserve's Raceway Woods, officials said. The girl was transported to Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with injuries that were not life-threatening.
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Fire consolidation study OK'd by 2 out of 3 Fox entities
Nov 22, 2014 7:00 AM - The East Dundee Fire Protection District is expected to consider paying for a consolidation study already OK'd by the West Dundee and Carpentersville fire departments."This is very historic. We've never gotten this far before," West Dundee Fire Chief Randy Freise said. "We requested proposals in the past, but we've never actually done a study." -
Fox River drowning victim identifiedJul 22, 2014 5:59 AM - A 27-year-old Mount Prospect man was identified Monday as the swimmer who drowned the day before in the Fox River near Carpentersville. An autopsy conducted Monday on the body of Emanuel Mendieta-Ramirez found the official cause of death to be drowning, according to the Carpentersville police and fire departments.
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West Dundee orders study for fire departments consolidation
Jun 6, 2014 11:46 AM - West Dundee officials have taken a small, but significant step toward possibly consolidating its fire services with its neighbors by ordering a study to map out response times, where most emergency calls occur and more. "Right now we're in the information-gathering phase" said Randy Friese, chief of the West Dundee Fire Department. "The more facts we get, the more better educated decisions we can make." -
Carpentersville firefighters won't lose jobsApr 23, 2014 2:49 PM - Two Carpentersville firefighters originally scheduled to lose their jobs at the end of the month will remain on duty, thanks to a scheduling agreement the village inked with the firefighters' union that will save about $85,000 in overtime costs."The jobs are saved and we can move on," Union President Lt. Rick Nieves said.
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Carpentersville spares firefighter layoffs in budgetApr 2, 2014 8:46 AM - The village board unanimously approved a $27.7 million budget Tuesday that spares two firefighters from losing their jobs, a move the union president called "a good sign, to say the least." "We're looking at options that would be a give for both sides," union President Lt. Rick Nieves said. "Obviously, the goal is to prevent these firefighters from being laid off, but it's going to be a mutually agreed to thing."
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