Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Hinsdale Fire Department Chief Rick Ronovsky said the insurance company that covers the home will continue the investigation and determine a cause in the accidental fire.
The Hinsdale Fire Department has ruled the Feb. 28 fire on Bruner Street that hospitalized two an "undetermined accidental fire," and will let the insurance company that covers the home investigate further, Chief Rick Ronovsky said. Ronovsky said there are still several possible causes, ranging from mechanical, to electrical, to human-caused. To determine the actual cause, the department would have to bring in several special investigators to rule out the other possibilities. "We're going to turn it over to the insurance company and let them take care of it," Ronovsky said. The fire in the 900 block of Bruner was reported at 3:51 a.m. Thursday by a male resident who said his elderly mother was still inside the home. READ: Elderly Woman …
The Hinsdale Fire Department says daylight savings time is a great opportunity to change smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries.
The following is a release from the Hinsdale Fire Department: The Hinsdale Fire Department urges residents to change their smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries when changing their clocks for daylight savings time on Sunday morning at 2 a.m. The National Fire Protection Association reports that a home fire death occurs somewhere in the nation approximately every three hours. In fact, home fires kill 540 children, 14 years old and under, each year. Having a working smoke alarm and CO detector can provide those crucial extra seconds to escape a burning home. Therefore, it is critical for families to adopt the life-saving habit of the "Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery" program to keep their families safe. When checking …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
The woman in her early 90s was rescued from a home in the 900 block of South Bruner Street after it went up in flames early Thursday morning.
Updated Monday at 12:36 p.m. The woman who was rescued from a Hinsdale fire last week is in "good condition" Monday, according to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital spokesperson Christopher LaFortune. He declined to comment on what the patient had been treated for and an expected release date. "Because of patient privacy rules, her condition is all we can release at this time," he said. Original story from Sunday: The elderly woman who was rescued by firefighters from a burning Hinsdale home Thursday morning was in fair condition late last week, according to a spokesman for Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. "As of Friday, her condition was fair," public relations specialist Christopher LaFortune said in an email Saturday. Fire department spokesman …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The woman was revived on the scene by Hinsdale firefighters and was transported to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital with one other victim.
Updated at 11:37 a.m. The Bruner Street home that went up in flames early Thursday morning was equipped with smoke detectors, but it is not known if they were in working condition when the fire started, The Doings reported. The paper is also reporting that the residents' dog was killed in the fire and that the home is currently "uninhabitable." 10:26 a.m. The woman who was rescued from a burning home in the 900 block of South Bruner Street early Thursday morning was in "critical" condition when she was transported to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale Fire Chief Rick Ronovsky said. "The last we heard, she was in the intensive care unit," Ronovsky said around 10:15 a.m. According to the chief, the woman who was revived by firefighters …
Sunday, January 13, 2013
The cause of the fire, which took place in southeast Hinsdale, is unknown at this point, a fire department release said.
A garage fire in southeast Hinsdale Saturday evening did an estimated $70,000 in damage but resulted in only minor injuries for the homeowner, according to a Hinsdale Fire Department release sent out Sunday. Around 5:33 p.m. Southwest Central Dispatch got a call from the owner of the house at 28 E. 57th St. reporting a fire in her garage. "The first arriving Hinsdale Fire Department unit reported a fully involved attached garage fire with flames and heavy smoke coming from the front of the garage," the release reads. "Upon hearing this information, Captain Kevin Votava upgraded the response to a box alarm, which brought additional mutual aid companies to the scene to assist Hinsdale fire crews." A swift response of the initial crew on the …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The program began on Thanksgiving and will run through the holidays, ending on Jan. 7.
The following is a release from the Hinsdale Fire Department: As we approach the holiday season, the Hinsdale Fire Department would like to remind you to keep your holiday safe and happy. The fire department will once again team up with the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association and neighboring fire departments in the “Keep the Wreath Red” program. This year, the program is running from Thanksgiving Day through Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. “Keep the Wreath Red” is a holiday fire safety program designed to increase fire safety awareness. You will find a holiday wreath hanging just inside the Hinsdale Fire Station’s mini museum, which is the small building located near the entrance way of the main fire station at 121 Symonds Dr. in Hinsdale. In the event…
Monday, November 12, 2012
Firefighters from Hinsdale and those from surrounding towns got together over the weekend to practice their response to a big, multi-company operation.
The Hinsdale Fire Department and four other area departments got together Saturday and Sunday for live-burn training at a vacant building at 421 E. Ogden Ave. in Hinsdale. Hinsdale firefighter/paramedic Steve Tullis said the point of the training was to practice large-scale operations for fires that demand a multi-company response. Tullis is the spokesman for the Hinsdale Fire Department, and he explained the event best in an email to Patch: "Oak Brook, Western Springs, LaGrange and Clarendon Hills were all there to work on multi-company operations, planing for big events such as a large structure fire in Hinsdale. We worked on large-area searches inside a structure, hose-line advancement, truck operations such as cutting hole in the …
Friday, October 12, 2012
The open house runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Hinsdale fire and police departments.
The following is a release from the Hinsdale Police Department and Hinsdale Fire Department: The Hinsdale Fire and Police Department Open House takes place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., during which there will be two special events happening. The Hinsdale Masonic Lodge is sponsoring a free child identification program, allowing parents to choose to have a color photo, recorded video interview, a DNA sample, and/or fingerprints done for their child. All data is erased after the event and nothing is saved by the Hinsdale Police Department or the Masonic Lodge. The second event is an electronic recycling event, during which you may bring in old laptops, desktops, cell phones, TVs, monitors, printers, faxes and other electronic equipment …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The second Big's Bare Knuckle Softball Tournament was held at Veeck Park in Hinsdale Sunday in honor of Deputy Chief Mark Johnson, who died while on duty in 2010.
The following is a release from the Hinsdale Fire Department: The second annual Big’s Bare Knuckle Softball Tournament, hosted over the weekend by the Hinsdale Fire Department to honor late Deputy Chief Mark Johnson, helped raise $10,000 for Hinsdale’s Safety Village. The money will also be used to send at least one child to Camp I Am Me, a two-week summer camp for child burn victims. The one-day tournament took place Sunday at Veeck Park in Hinsdale. Several local fire departments participated, including Western Springs, Westmont, Oak Brook, Clarendon Hills, LaGrange Park and the Pleasantview Fire Protection District. The Hinsdale public works department also participated, winning the championship for the second straight year after a …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The hire of one new probationary firefighter and the promotions of two veterans were made official Tuesday night in Hinsdale.
The following is a release from the Hinsdale Fire Department: The Hinsdale Fire Department has hired a new member, firefighter/paramedic Mike Wilson, and has promoted firefighter/paramedic Mike Neville to the rank of lieutenant, and Lieutenant John Giannelli to the rank of captain. All three were officially sworn in at Tuesday night's Village of Hinsdale Board of Trustees meeting at Memorial Hall. Short bios on the three firefighters are below. Probationary firefighter/paramedic Mike Wilson Mike Wilson was born and raised in Aurora. He graduated from East Aurora High School and entered the U.S. Navy, where he was an electrician for Naval Battalion 133 for four years. After the Navy, Wilson earned his Fire Fighter II certification from the …
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