Articles filed under Fire Protection Districts
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First responders recollect chilling visions of Flight 191 crashOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - On the sunny Friday afternoon of May 25, 1979, the 258 passengers and 13 crew members beginning their Memorial Day weekend aboard American Airlines Flight 191 could not ...
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Flight 191 memorial unveiling finally offers closureOct 14, 2011 12:00 am - Thirty-two years and nearly five months of waiting ends Saturday as a permanent memorial remembering the 273 victims of American Airlines Flight 191 plane crash is unvei...
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Fox fire department hosts ‘traveling memorial’ to 9/11 firefightersOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Nick Simonson brought his 7-year-old son to the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue open house on Sunday because he wanted the boy to touch a piece of history. Rescue Un...
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Fox fire dept. to host Rescue 4 from New York CityOct 07, 2011 1:00 am - The Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District will host the Remembrance Rescue Project during its open house and breakfast at Fire Station No. 1 Sunday in Wasco. Th...
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Brothers profiled for National Fire Prevention WeekOct 03, 2011 1:00 am - When brothers Pat and Tim Murray say fire service is their life, they’re not kidding. The two grew up hearing stories not only from their father, but their uncle and gra...
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Barrington Countryside firefighters trained in horse-handlingSep 17, 2011 12:00 am - Specialized equine rescue training helped “breed” familiarity between horse and firefighter, and practice skills needed to protect the large number of horse farms wi...
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All around the Fox Valley, 9/11 rememberedSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Communities across the Fox Valley stopped Sunday to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. In Elgin, the ceremony marked the latest in annual tributes that have been con...
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Help free Carpentersville fire chief from 'jail'Sep 01, 2011 12:00 am - Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt is going to jail. Yes, you read that right. He's not going to be locked up in your typical jail, though. It's one of his own ma...
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Where to find other Sept. 11 memorials in the suburbsSep 01, 2011 12:00 am - A 22-foot-tall sculpture by Erik Blome of Crystal Lake will be the centerpiece of Oak Lawn’s Sept. 11 memorial. Other towns also have memorials to remember the 2001 atta...
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Algonquin-Lake in the Hills fire district offering free smoke alarmsAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - If you live in Algonquin or Lake in the Hills and see a firetruck pull up in front of your house, it might not necessarily be cause for worry. Firefighters with t...