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The Niles Fire Department began providing service on February 19, 1912. In 1946, the Village began providing free ambulance services, predating all other Illinois communities. [citation needed] Located in Fire Station 2 is the historic "Blue Boy," which is the first fire wagon in Niles. It was used as a hand-drawn unit from 1899 to 1909, and ...
Fire Chief Niles R. Ford, an African-American, is the current head of the BCFD. [48] Recently, the department posted guidelines for a new physical test. For that, The IAFF( International Association of Fire Fighters ) and IAFC( International Association of Fire Chiefs ) got together with 10 leading fire departments and unions through the FEMA ...
Currently the executive of the Chicago Fire Department is referred to as the "fire commissioner". [1] Before this, the head of the department was known as the "chief engineer". The current head, holding the position of "fire commissioner", is Annette Nance Holt, appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2021. [1]
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First responders were sent at 2:55 p.m. to a house fire in the 8900 block of South Laura Street. The firefighter was rushed to a hospital after becoming unresponsive and died at 3:22 p.m.
The Niles Police Department has recruited a pack of five feral cats to fight the rodent population in the village. Five cats named Mickey, Tom, Polo, Star and Robin, who have been getting food and ...
A battalion chief is the lowest chief officer in a fire department's rank structure, above rank-and-file fire station officers and fire company officers. A battalion chief is in charge of a firefighting battalion, similar to a military battalion. A battalion consists of several fire stations and multiple fire companies.
The Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was cut by $17.6 million, about 2%, this fiscal year. The fire chief warned last month it would make it harder to respond to emergencies.