Run Details for Multi-Company Incidents

7/2/11    07:42   HFPD was called to the intersection of s.Wyckles and Cantrell st. for single vehicle accident w/ rollover. Upon arrival, units found a water truck turned over on its side in the intersection.  The driver had freed himself from the vehicle but sustained a laceration to the forehead during the rollover.  The driver stated he lost brake pressure when coming to the intersection and due to the water tank being full, he lost control when attempting to make a turn.  HFPD secured the scene, diked and absorbed a small amount of diesel fuel and provided traffic control.

7/22/11   03:51   HFPD was called on a 2nd alarm to assist Mt. Zion Fire with salvage and overhaul. Mt. Zion Fire was dispatched for smoke coming from a building-PD was on scene for a burglar alarm and noticed smoke showing.  Mt. Zion’s 1st alarm was paged and upon arrival, fire was found behind a vending machine on an exterior wall. This fire was extinguished but heavy smoke and fire was noticed on a 2nd level of the facility. Crews forced entry and found a storage room with heavy smoke and fire which was also extinguished. Upon investigation, it was determined the fire had started around the outside wall outlet and pushed its way up the wall into the storage loft area.  Due to high outside temperatures, Mt. Zion command called for a 2nd alarm to assist with salvage and overhaul. Mt. Zion was assisted on scene by Long Creek, S. Wheatland, Harristown, and Decatur fire departments.

7/22/11   22:42  HFPD   was called to the 1400 block of N. Meridian Rd. for a report of a possible house fire.  Caller advised they heard something fall on the ceiling and saw smoke coming from gable vents and pushing from the eaves.  Upon arrival, HFPD pulled a hoseline and opened the gable vent to locate the fire. Heavy smoke was found but fire was not visible.  At this time, a TIC was used to determine the fire location, but there were still no visible flames. Smoke was intensifying on the outside of the residence and the owner stated a scuttle hole was located on the east side room addition.  This location was opened and a small area of smoldering was found.  Embers were extinguished with a pressurized extinguisher and an 1 3/4 hoseline.  Due to the presence of cellulose, the area around the smoldering embers was also opened to check for fire hidden in the cellulose. It was then determined that the fire was extinguished and no other areas had been affected.  Upon investigation, it is believed there was a fault in the house wiring which contained spool and knob type insulators.  The fire did not travel to other areas due to a lack of oxygen in the attic because there were only two small gable vents which would not allow for an adequate supply of oxygen.

7/23/11   19:15   HFPD was called to the 7300 block of W. William st. for the report of a small child locked inside a vehicle. The caller stated it had been several minutes and they could not get the child to unlock the doors from the inside. Upon arrival, units found a small child and dog locked in the vehicle and the child was beginning to show signs of heat stress.  After a couple attempts with metal coat hangers, command had Niantic paged to bring their vehicle entry kit.  Ambulance service was also called as a precaution and to have the child checked once the door was open.  The doors were successfully unlocked using the kit and the child was checked, then taken inside to be cooled down.

7/27/11   05:35   HFPD was called to assist Niantic Fire with extrication at a truck vs. tree vehicle accident on I-72.  R-341 arrived and was asked to help with hydraulic extrication tools to free the patients legs.  The patient suffered substantial injuries from a high speed impact.  The patient was placed in full spinal precaution packaging and was transported by D.A.S.

10/04/11   07:44 HFPD was called to the 4300 block of West Main Street for the report of a truck tangled in wires.  Upon arrival HFPD found a 53′ semi box transport blocking West Main Street with Cable TV and Power wires tangled and pulled to the center line of the roadway.  The driver was instructed to stay in the vehicle until it could be verified lines were dead.  Three poles were broken from the stress.  HFPD blocked the roadway and rerouted traffic around the scene until Ameren IP could secure the wires. E-344, R-342 and C-351 responded.  HFPD units were on scene for three hours.

10/08/11 21:21 HFPD Boat 347 was summoned to assist DFD and the Decatur Lake Maintenance division in rescuing an Aqua Car which had become stuck in drought stricken  Lake Decatur.  The Aqua Car had launched at the Ivy Hill Park launch and became mired  in the silt bottom basin.  DFD requested Boat 347 to assist in pulling the vessel to deeper water. HFPD responded with R-342 & Boat 347.  The operation took two hours.

10/29/11 Units from the Harristown Fire Protection District were called to assist the Niantic Fire Protection District who had been dispatched to the scene of an ATV accident at the Calamus Lake Nature Preserve in western Macon County.  Harristown FPD was asked to respond with Gator 348 to assist Niantic units in accessing and transporting the victim of the accident from the accident site to a open field landing zone which had been set up. An Air-Evac helicopter was dispatched from its Springfield base to transport the victim to a local trauma facility. The accident occurred when the ATV flipped over backwards while attempting to climb a hill.  The injured person was a passenger on the ATV.  HFPD responded with R-342 & Gator 348, C-351 and C-352.

11/12/11 18:59 HFPD units were called to the 8100 block of West Second Street. The report indicated there was a fire on the back porch of the residence. Upon arrival of HFPD units, the fire was actually inside the structure in a utility room.  There was one adult resident in the residence at the time of the fire.  The occupant noticed a smell of smoke and began to notice a haze of smoke in the residence. The occupant located the fire in the utility room and was able to slow the fire with a fire extinguisher, but was driven from the residence without injury and called 911.  When firefighters entered the residence they were able to contain the fire to the utility room of the residence.  Minimal smoke damage was incurred to the remainder of the residence. State Fire Marshall Investigators were called to the scene to assist in determining the cause of the fire.  Damage estimates were $2,000 to the structure and $1,000 to the contents.
Automatic Mutual Aid units from Niantic, Warrensburg and South Wheatland responded with Harristown units.

11/13/11, 12:56.  HFPD units were called to the 5900 block of West Hill Road for a report of a leaf fire which had ignited the siding of a residence at that location.  The structure fire was caused when high winds drove flames from the leaf fire to the residence and ignited the vinyl siding on the structure.  The leaf fire was on the same property as the residence. The fire was prevented from entering the the structure and caused no interior damage. The east side of the structure sustained major siding damage.  There were no injuries involved at this incident. Automatic Mutual Aid units from Niantic, Warrensburg and South Wheatland responded with Harristown units.

11/18/11 22:23hrs Harristown Fire Protection District firefighters were called to the 700 block of Memorial Drive in rural Harristown for the report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, HFPD units found a residence fully involved in fire with flames showing in all windows and doors. Firefighters began an attack on the fire using a deck gun and handlines while laying 600 feet of supply hose to Cantrell Street to begin a water shuttle with tankers as there are no hydrants in the immediate area.  The fire was under control in 20 minutes, but the structure and its contents are a total loss.
The resident is a single mother of three young children. No one was home at the time of the blaze.  She stated she was buying the house on contract and has no insurance.  The Red Cross was called to assist the family.
HFPD units were on the scene until 01:40hrs.  They were assisted by Niantic, Warrensburg, South Wheatland, and Decatur ambulance provided on scene rehab for the firefighters.
The Illinois State Fire Marshall has been called to assist HFPD in the investigation. It does not appear that the cause of the fire is suspicious. There were no injuries related to this incident.

11/25 – 11/26 HFPD responded to 4 EMS calls.

11/27/11 –18:34hrs, HFPD units were called to I-72 MM133 to assist the Macon County Sheriff and Illinois State Police. A stack of wooden pallets had fallen from a vehicle, broken apart and scattered over both lanes of the roadway for several hundred feet causing a traffic hazard.  C-351, R-342, E-343 and S-345 responded.  The roadway was closed for a short time while the debris was removed from the roadway to the side of the road.  IDOT was notified to pick up the debris. HFPD units were on scene for nearly 20 minutes.

11/29/11– 20:57hrs, HFPD units were called to assist Niantic FPD with a grain bin fire.  The bin contained 80,000 bushels of soy beans.  The grain facility is owned by ADM of Decatur, Il.  HFPD responded with E-343, R-342 and C-351 .  E-344 relieved E-343 later in the operation and stood by the Niantic Fire station to answer any additional calls for Niantic.  Units were on scene for 12 hours.  A hole was knocked in the side of the concrete structure by a wrecking ball to allow the beans to flow out.  The beans were then scooped up and trucked to a nearby area to be dumped and extinguished. A total of ten departments responded to the incident along with Decatur Ambulance, Illinois State Police and Macon County Sheriff and EMA. The Red Cross provided food and refreshments for responders. Approximately 100 area residents were evacuated as a safety precaution. ADM made arrangements with a local hotel for their accommodations. All residents were allowed to return the next morning.  Northfork and Southern rail traffic was halted for several hours while crews were working near the railroad tracks.

12/03/11 03:55  HFPD units were called on an automatic mutual aid call to Niantic for the report of a residential structure fire.  Upon arrival units found smoke and flames showing in the rear of the structure.  Attack  lines were take into the structure to combat the fire.  The fire had gotten into the walls and attic of the single story structure.  A double roof and unique room additions hampered firefighter’s efforts.  The house suffered major damage to the rear of the structure and heavy heat an smoke damage through the structure. There were no injuries as a result of the fire. Units were on scene until 06:35. E-344, R-342 and C-351 responded to the alarm.

12/09/11 17:48  Harristown FPD units were called to assist Warrensburg FPD with a single vehicle MVA rollover.  Two occupants were severely injured and one had to be extricated. Air Evac was called for one victim but cancelled as the ground ambulance was on scene and ready to transport before the Air Evac arrived.  R-341, C-351 and C-352 responded.

12/12/11 02:01 Harristown Fire Protection District units were called to the 900 block of South Bowshier Avenue in rural Harristown  for the report of a barn fire.  Upon arrival at 02:07, units found a 60×60 two level metal sided pole barn engulfed in flames. Hose lines were laid to extinguish the fire and to protect the nearby residence. The resident had started spraying the exposed side of the residence with a garden hose prior to the arrival of HFPD units. A tanker shuttle was established to provide water as there are no hydrants in the immediate area. The structure and it contents were a total loss. A dog in a kennel perished in the fire while three others escaped from their kennel. Damage estimates are not complete and the cause is still under investigation though the cause does not appear to be suspicious.   Units from Niantic, South Wheatland and Warrensburg responded on automatic mutual aid.  Decatur Ambulance provided rehab for firefighters. There were no injuries as a result of the fire. E-343, E-344, C-351 and C-352 responded.  Units were on scene until 04:25.

12/14/11 18:29 HFPD units were called to the 5200 block of West Main Street for the report of a carbon monoxide detector alerting. The occupants were advised to vacate the structure.  Upon arrival and testing with a CO monitor, an elevated level of CO was detected. Levels as high as 50 PPM were detected.  At 36-99 ppm CO: flu-like symptoms among all age groups occur; nausea, headaches, fatigue or drowsiness, vomiting; most CO detectors sound at this level. One occupant of the residence who had complained of dizziness and headache was taken by POV to a local hospital for treatment. A HVAC technician was called to determine and repair the source of the CO. R-342, R-341 & C-352 responded.