Beach Park Fire Department

This Sunday, don’t forget to change your clocks forward 1 hour for Daylight Savings. While you’re at it, remember to change the batteries in your smoke detectors!

Beach Park residents, contact the department to receive your free detector and installation!

February 21, 2020, the Chicago Fire Department hosted their first Public Fire Safety Education Summit at the Willis Tower. Attending Department members were Firemedic Sara Wojcik, Firemedic Jenna Sigafus and Fire Marshal Trudy Maatta.  The Summit included presentations from the National Fire Protection Association on Standard 1300 Community Risk Reduction (CRR), UL, Nicor Gas, Office of the State Fire Marshal, Illinois Fire Safety Alliance, First Alert, FEMA/UFSA, Illinois Heart Rescue, Peoples Gas, and the Hero Project to name a few.  The program was free for attending members, and provided great material for fire departments to provide to their communities.

This past Monday, CLC’s Tech Campus received a PPE donation from Beach Park Fire as approved by the Board of Trustees. Enjoy training in the new gear kids!

As of 01/28/2020, the Gurnee 9-1-1 Dispatch Center has implemented a new dispatching system in Lake County, replacing the old flip card method of collecting caller information. This program helps aid dispatchers in asking a series of medical questions critical to the emergency, while updating police and fire personnel responding to the scene simultaneously.

Media Release – Communications MPDS Implementation

The Beach Park Fire Department would like to introduce to you the newest equipment on our ambulances! Our department was able to purchase two Zoll X-series cardiac monitors with a grant awarded by FEMA/DHS worth $74,500. On every ambulance call, our cardiac monitors are used to help our crews obtain vital signs such as: heart rate, blood pressure, pulse oximetry levels, carbon monoxide levels, and cardiac rhythms. The current cardiac monitors on the front lines have done an excellent job aiding in the care of our patients for the last 10+ years, but had their limitations. With these new monitors, personnel will be able to detect and treat acute cardiac issues more quickly, efficiently, effectively to help improve the quality of care to our patients. In cardiac specific emergencies,  studies reveal that every second counts and rapid intervention is crucial to a more positive outcome. We are now able to transmit the data and rhythms we see in patients out in the field to receiving hospitals, which helps emergency room personnel gain a better insight to the conditions at hand. We are excited to be able to provide a standard of service that our community members and visitors deserve!

Congratulations Jenna, Sara, and Nicole on your newest achievement: graduating from the Northwest Lake County Fire Academy! These women spent the past 5 months completing 290 hours of classroom and live fire evolution trainings, along with additional hours training at the department to accomplish this goal. We are proud to have you as our newest firefighters!

Congratulations!

(Shown from left to right: Deputy Chief Fred Friedl, FF/PM Wojcik, FF/PM Sigafus, FF/PS Wells, Chief Paul Tierney)

It’s that time of year again! Let’s turn our clocks back an hour, and replace our smoke detector batteries!

This past weekend, the Pink Heals IL chapter paid a visit to our city with their pink engine “Diane”. Pink Heals stopped by a local resident who shared her journey of battling cancer, and our crew decided to join in on the fun!

This organization helps fund raise and sell merchandise to help give back to the community and raise awareness. But don’t let their pink engine fool you! It is used to help represent love, awareness, and support for those individuals and families battling any type of cancer.

If you would like to more information about the Pink Heals and all they do to give back, visit them here:

www.pinkhealstricities.org