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Thu, Aug 02 2012 14:57:54

Evanston 5 Alarm Tweet-along

View the tweets from our first ever Fire Department tweet-along.

  1. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    Engine Ride to School winner will be announced Monday. Watch for video clips too! Signing off for #Evanston5Alarm Tweetalong! It's been real
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 21:16:39
  2. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    Up to 26 calls in just that short amount of time. Nights are busy around here. #Evanston5Alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 21:07:33
  3. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    Ok, one last call. Ambulance & engine 21 just got deployed. Subject w/contractions. #Evanston5Alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 20:48:20
  4. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    Thanks to Company 21. Learned so much & I hope you have too! Verdict: this is hard work & we're lucky to have such a great crew. Go EFD!
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 20:43:32
  5. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    22 total calls on my watch w/#Evanston5Alarm. Many of these required multiple vehicles to be deployed to the scene.
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 20:41:45
  6. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    "@janegrover: @CityofEvanston. Our firefighters: smart, professional, compassionate, ready, multi-talented heroes." Couldn't agree more!
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 20:33:23
  7. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    Thank you for following along #evanston5alarm! Thank you to all the firefighters for letting us be their shadow. Stay tuned for call summary
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 20:31:52
  8. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @Gourmetlawyer absolutely! People come by all the time
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:50:06
  9. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @Gourmetlawyer I wish I could have gotten a ride to school on a fire truck when I was a kid!
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:47:20
  10. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @Gourmetlawyer giving away a ride to school on a fire truck. Must respond to what makes a firefighter a herhero
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:37:25
  11. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    An hour left in #evanston5alarm, keep ur questions coming! Also taking fire truck ride entries till end of event too!
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:27:46
  12. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @Killer_V bc I wondered the very same thing when they kept calling them different names! I learned this today too! #evanston5alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:26:33
  13. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @AndyRussell299 that's what I hear! I'm officially done at 10:30 for today's event. 16 hours. 8 shy of a real shift. #evanston5alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:25:39
  14. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @alev1996 Candidate Sullivan is on engine 21, he has 8 months probation left. Between 750-800 people tested. he was 1 of 7 people hired
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:23:39
  15. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @alev1996 then 6 tests: written/physical agility/psych/polygraph/background/civil service board. If you're hired then probation for a year.
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:20:15
  16. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @alev1996 fulltime: fire academy (9 weeks), CPR certified, EMT school (1 semester), Paramedic school (1 year). #evanston5alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:17:34
  17. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @LukeStowe they get sleep in between calls so sometimes that is very little sleep. They have dormitories. Committed! #evanston5alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:14:59
  18. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    An engine has a hose & water. A truck has a ladder & tools. #evanston5alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:12:31
  19. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @Killer_V to drive an engine 2 years & several certifications. For a truck, 3 years & several certifications. #evanston5alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:11:33
  20. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    So far ambulance 21: 10 calls, in 13 hours. 1 release, 9 hospital transports. 1 repeat client. 1 language barrier call. They've been busy.
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 19:09:29
  21. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    I was asking the crew from company 21. Currently all men on shift but you're right. "ask a firefighter" send your questions. #evanston5alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 18:57:14
  22. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    There was a house fire & reports that there was a trapped baby. The crew went in. Leoni didn't make it out. The baby was safe. #neverforget
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 18:53:46
  23. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    On July 22, 1985 at 14:25 hours FF/PM Marty Leoni died in a fire at 1927 Jackson. He was part of engine company 21.
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 18:50:40
  24. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    @rafa67el we have 4 female firefighters in the Evanston Fire Department.
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 18:39:19
  25. CityofEvanston
    City of Evanston@CityofEvanston
    All clear. Engine 21 headed back to station 1 & now time for "ask a fireman" tweet me your questions for the firefighters. #Evanston5Alarm
    Fri, Jul 27 2012 18:36:07

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