AURORA FIRE DEPATMENT - City of Aurora

RETIREMENT
EXPLORER POST #99
Members of Aurora Firefighters Explorer Post #99 who were enrolled
in the EMT-B Class took their Practical the week of March 8-12 th .
STATION VISITORS
Lt. Chuck Martin retired
from the department on
April 13, 2004 after 22
years on the job.
Friends were on hand
April 12 th to say
goodbye and enjoy
cake and ice cream on
his last day.
Members of Brownie
Troop #791 from
Freeman School toured
Central Fire Station on
March 26 th .
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UTICA TORNADO
Members of the Department’s Technical Rescue and Hazardous
Materials Teams responded to mutual aid request for assistance in
Utica, LaSalle County, Illinois after a devastating tornado swept
through their town on April 20, 2004. Eight civilian deaths occurred,
as well as extensive property damage.
APPARATUS
AFTER
BEFORE
Pictured above: Rescue 1, the Technical Rescue Team Vehicle. The
chassis was purchased in part with a $20,000 donation from
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The box was manufactured
by Sauber Manufacturing and delivered in January 2004.
11 TH ANNUAL FIREFIGHTING
MEDAL OF HONOR
AWARDS
&
ILLINOIS FALLEN FIREFIGHTER
MEMORIAL CEREMONY
Held Thursday, May 13, 2004
SW Corner of the State Capitol
11:00 a.m.
Medal of Honors Ceremony will immediately
follow in the State of Illinois Armory Building
Second & Monroe Streets, Springfield