Grant Will Go to Keep Hanover Park Firefighters Safe
By Kimberly Pohl & Eric Peterson
Hanover Park recently received two grants to equip the village’s new Community Emergency Response Team emergency rehabilitation vehicle.
Mayor Rod Craig was presented $1,200 from the Chicago chapter of the Certified Hazardous Materials Managers and $500 from the national organization.
CERT members respond to major incidents and providing on-scene firefighter rehabilitation that focuses on core body temperature cooling, rehydration, medical monitoring, rest and caloric replacement.
According to the organizations, an average of 100 firefighters die on the job each year, and 45 to 50 percent of the deaths are due to cardiac-related events triggered by heat stress associated with fire suppression and chemical protective suites.
CERT members underwent an intensive 24-hour training program at the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute that focused on the physical and psychological stress of firefighting; working with the fire service; techniques for implementing effective on-scene rehabilitation; firefighter protective equipment and experiencing heat stress from the firefighter’s perspective.
The grant money will fund the purchase of core cooling chairs and perishable supplies.
Back-to-school safety: The Streamwood Police Department will present its 10th annual “Back to School Safety Day” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the McDonald’s, 91 W. Irving Park Road.
The event promises a lot of practical help for parents and plenty of fun for kids.
Free child IDs will be available from Mooseheart, while the Illinois Secretary of State’s office will be on site to handle driver’s license renewals.
The Illinois-Wisconsin Rescue Dogs will be at the McDonald’s to meet patrons throughout the event.
The Joliet Police Department will demonstrate its safety belt “Convincer,” a machine on a pulley system that safely simulates the feeling of being in a traffic collision at a mere 7 mph.
Both adults and kids might learn a thing or two from the chance to get into the driver’s seat of a semi-trailer truck and see exactly what can’t be seen in the areas around it.
For kids who may be riding a school bus for the first time in a couple weeks, there will be a U-46 school bus there to get a sense of the layout.
Also there will be representatives from the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, the Illinois State Police and its “Rollover Machine.”
Blood pressure screenings also will be available.
Doggie Dive done: Fido’s invite to this year’s End of Summer Doggie Dive at the Bartlett Aquatic Center has been reneged. The park district has canceled the swim, as have many area communities, amid mounting concern from state public health officials. The program will be reevaluated for next year.
Green fee with a cause: Bartlett’s Apple Orchard Golf Course will participate in the first ever Patriot Golf Day, a joint initiative of the PGA of America and the U.S. Golf Association. Golfers will be asked Sept. 1-2 to donate $1 to the Fallen Heroes Foundation and Wounded Warriors Inc., which support families of servicemen who have been wounded or killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. (630) 540-4840.
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