Firefighters in Chicago (IL) found a baby in a duffel bag outside a fire station Saturday morning when they went outside to shovel, reports ABC7.

The discovery was made around 5 a.m. outside of a station on the 1000 block of North Orleans Street. Firefighters reported there was no attempt made to contact anyone in the station.

Illinois’ Safe Haven Law law allows anyone to drop off a newborn baby at fire stations, hospitals, police stations, and emergency rooms.

The Chicago Fire Department is reminding the public that someone can leave newborns with firefighters and paramedics with no questions asked.

A fire department captain found dead at his Newark (NJ) firehouse died sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning of an apparent overdose.

At shift change Saturday morning firefighters entered the office at the Newark fire station on Park Avenue and discovered a fire captain and a retired firefighter passed out inside, News 4 reports. The two men were reportedly long-time friends. Both were transported to the hospital. The captain is dead and the other man is being treated.

Police say the retired firefighter came to the station with a controlled substance. They continue to investigate.

Pierce—Hastings (NE) Fire and Rescue 110-foot Ascendant heavy-duty aerial platform quint. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon water tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Pierce Husky 3 single-agent foam system; Harrison 6-kW generator. Dealer: Todd Clyne, MacQueen Emergency, Lincoln, NE.

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By Alan M. Petrillo

The Roanoke (IN) Fire Department was in need of a new engine and started to look for a new pumper, but its regular apparatus dealer dropped the brand that Roanoke was interested in, and the manufacturer’s sales representative for the brand didn’t correspond with the department, so they started talking to other medium- and smaller-sized apparatus makers.

“We found ourselves talking with Summit Fire Apparatus, and Joe Messmer, Summit’s president, told me the story of the company,” says Brandon Taylor, now Roanoke’s chief and also owner of Taylor’d Equipment Sales & Install. “Summit offered a better price truck for smaller departments, aimed at those working on a tight budget, and I thought they were a good fit for us.”

Taylor says, “So I presented Summit to the fire department as a company to consider, recused myself, and had the department deal directly with Summit’s head of sales, Eric Gausman. I wanted the fire department to make the decision independent of me, and they chose to work with Summit.”

The rig that Roanoke had Summit build is a top-mount pumper on a Spartan chassis and cab with seating for six firefighters and an interior EMS (emergency medical services) cabinet. The pumper is powered by a 380-horsepower (hp) Cummins L9 diesel engine, and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission, and has a 1,500-gallons-per-minute (gpm) Mac One pump, a 1,000-gallon water tank, a Class One Intella tank water level gauge, and two Whelen PSTANK series remote water level gauges mounted externally.

Messmer notes that Roanoke’s firefighters like the idea of a top-mount pump, where the operator is able to see the entire scene. He estimates that top-mounts make up 30-40% of Summit’s pumper market. “While a top-mount gives the pump operator great visibility on a fire scene, it also adds a few feet of length to the pumper, so that’s something a department has to consider,” Messmer observes.

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