Articles filed under Fire Protection Districts
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Moving Picture: Area firefighters purchase 9/11 trucksFeb 01, 2013 7:00 am - A firefighter is a hero once — the day he agrees to take the job. Every day after that, he is just doing his job. Although he doesn't remember where he heard it, that qu...
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Current trustees are sole applicants for Fox River fire board electionJan 31, 2013 11:58 am - The elected Fox River and Countryside Fire and Rescue District board is likely to look exactly like the current, appointed board. The only five people to file for the fi...
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Firefighters practice ice rescues in Buffalo GroveJan 30, 2013 3:01 pm - With alternating warm and cold weather making walking on pond ice very dangerous, firefighters Wednesday practiced their ice rescue skills at a retention pond adjacent t...
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E. Dundee garage fire put out quicklyJan 25, 2013 5:27 pm - Firefighting crews quickly extinguished a garage fire in East Dundee Friday morning, authorities said. Officials from the East Dundee Fire Protection District said crews...
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Minor injury in Barrington house fireJan 23, 2013 10:28 am - Two adults and two children escaped a house fire on the 100 block of North Hager Avenue in Barrington Tuesday night with only one minor injury that was treated at the sc...
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Fireplace sparks house fireJan 22, 2013 10:00 pm - A family and its pets escaped injury after a spark from their fireplace started a fire in the chimney Tuesday evening. The Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection Distric...
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Police find body of missing Grayslake manJan 22, 2013 4:37 am - Police searching for answers in 20-year-old’s death
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St. Charles, fire district settle lawsuitJan 09, 2013 10:00 am - In the ongoing hate-hate relationship between St. Charles and the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District the two taxing bodies agreed Tuesday to settle at least so...
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Three Northwest suburban fire departments to train togetherJan 08, 2013 1:52 pm - The Palatine Rural Fire Protection District, Palatine Fire Department and Rolling Meadows Fire Department have agreed to combine training programs this year in an effort...
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Fire destroys vacant barn in Barrington areaJan 08, 2013 1:20 pm - No injuries were reported during a barn fire Tuesday afternoon on a vacant resident watchman property in the Cook County Forest Preserve District on Penny Road west of O...