MIDLEGO CITY FIRE & RESCUE
ON JULY THE 27-29 THE MIDLEGO CITY FIRE & RESCUE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LEGOCREEK FIRE RESCUE, AND RIVERWOODS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HELD AN UNVEILING OF APPARATUS AT THE FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LEGO FIRE
CHIEFS IN LEGOCREEK. UNITS UNVEILED WERE LEGOCREEK ENGINES 2, 5, AND 6, AS WELL AS LADDER 5, FROM RIVERWOODS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CRASH 23, AND FROM MIDLEGO HEAVY RESCUE 4, AS WELL AS A NEW 2 PIECE UNIT RESCUE 12 AND
DELUGE 12. ON SITE WERE DEALERS FROM CAIRNS, PROTECH GLOVES, SCOTT HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND MORNING PRIDE. BELOW
ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE CONVENTION. A BIG THANKS GOES TO LEGOCREEK FOR HOSTING THE EVENT.
ON AUGUST 4, 2011 MIDLEGO ENGINE 3 TRUCK 3 RESCUE 12 AND DELUGE 12 BATTALION 2 AND FD1, ALONG
WITH RIVERWOODS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CRASH 23 RESPONDED TO A MUTUAL AIDE CALL TO
LEGOCREEK FOR A SCRAPYARD FIRE. ENGINE 3 REMAINED IN THE CITY OF LEGOCREEK FOR STATION
FILL-IN WHILE TRUCK 3 RESCUE 12 DELUGE 12 AND BATTALION 2 WITH FD 1 WENT TO THE SCEN FOR
ASSISTANCE. DELUGE 12 PUT A HEAVY WATER STREAM ON THE FIRE SUPPLIED BY LEGOCREEK ENGINE 5
WHILE CRASH 23 AND WRIGHT BRICKSON A.F.B. CRASH 12 APPLIED FOAM FROM THEIR UNITS AND
LEGOCREEK LADDER 5 WENT AIRBORNE TO ATTACK THE FIRE. RESCUE 12 AS WELL AS LEGOCREEK MEDIC 1
WERE ON STAND-BY PERFORMING MEDICAL AND FIREFIGHTER REHAB AT THE INCIDENT. IN TOTAL THERE
WERE 15 UNITS OPERATING ON SCENE AND 60 FIREFIGHTERS INCLUDING ALL COMMAND STAFF ON SCENE.
THERE WERE ONLY 7 FIREFIGHTERS WHO SUFFERED HEAT RELATED ILLNESS AND WERE TREATED,
REHABBED, AND RETURNED BACK TO FIGHTING THE BLAZE.