Archive for October, 2011
Box Alarm System Helps Agencies Respond
Mutual aid for fires or a variety of other disasters is just a single call away with a statewide system called Mutual Aid Box Alarm System. MABAS, headquartered in Wheeling, has 68 divisions and includes all but one county in the state, said Greg Peters, finance section chief. The organization also has relationships with other [...]
Tiskilwa Residents Return Home after Train Derailment >
TISKILWA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities allowed the last remaining residents of a northern Illinois village to return to their homes on Saturday after an intense blaze caused by the derailment of an ethanol-laden freight train was apparently extinguished. The early Friday derailment in Tiskilwa was accompanied by a series of explosions that jolted residents from [...]
Reason Why We Exercise: Prepare & Mitigate is Critical
Explosions Shake Illinois Village After Train Derails > By KAREN HAWKINS Associated Press TISKILWA, Ill. (AP) — With flames shooting to the predawn sky from a train derailment just blocks from her home, a 17-year-old girl refused to evacuate until she helped a paralyzed young neighbor with cancer get to safety. She then banged on [...]
>>Train Derailment Forces Evacuation Of Entire Town
(Tiskilwa, IL) — The entire town of Tiskilwa in central Illinois is under an evacuation order after an early-morning train derailment that left multiple cars on fire following numerous explosions. Residents of the town 120 miles from Chicago were ordered to leave their homes late last night. The train is carrying ethanol and possibly other [...]
Rail Cars Exploding In Tiskilwa
The sky over Tiskilwa is glowing this morning after a train derailment. Bureau County officials say the train was hauling ethanol and derailed around 2am on the east side of Tiskilwa. People around the scene have reported hearing tankers explode this morning. One caller also thought a few nearby homes caught fire but that hasn’t [...]