11-22-11 Midlego welcomes the men of the Pink Heals Tour in support of breast cancer
awareness. These men drive across the United States in pink fire engines to raise money for breast
cancer awareness and research, as well as helping out those who are fighting breast cancer. It was a
great pleasure to have these men stop by and show off their truck as well as campaign in Midlego to
fight breast cancer. While on their stop they were able to raise in excess of $50,000 through business
donations as well as cash donations at the campaign stop in the parking lot of a local closed mall in
town. We wish these men a safe journey as they travel to a Lego Fire Department near you.
10-12-11 Midlego Regional Airport receives an new smaller crash unit to replace the older P-19
they had which was showing its age and spent more time out of service for repairs than in service.
also Engine 7 returns from Oshkosh for refurbishment of the pump and tank as well as repainting of
the unit from lime to white over red to match all other Midlego units.
10-01-11 Midlego Regional Airport turns its fire protection over to the city of Midlego since
Midlego is an automatic aide on all calls.
08-01-11 Midlego replaces all supply line with new 5" large diameter orange cotton jacket hose.
Also all engines were given a piston valve intake for this new hose.
07-29-11 Midlego places in service Rescue 12 a 2011 Braun Patriot with a Spartan chassis. This
unit is housed with Deluge 12 also placed in service on this date which is a Ford F-450 with a high
volume deluge gun mounted on the rear. Rescue 12 is unique in that it is an ambulance with an
onboard 300 gallon compressed air foam system (CAFS), and a 500 GPM pump.
06-14-11 Midlego has awarded Hackney Rescue Vehicles with the bid for Rescue 4. Personnel
have been sent to meet with designers at Hackney to go over the specs of the new rig. The unit will
be on 2011 International tractor crewcab with 41 Ft. trailer. The unit is part of a Homeland Security
grant awarded to Midlego for replacing outdated technical rescue equipment and its current rig.
11-10-10 Midlego places in service a 2010 Rosenbauer Metz Raptor 105 foot platform. This is the
first Metz to enter the Lego fire community. This unit is in service at station 5 and the tiller unit has
once again moved and now runs as Truck 8.
11-06-10 Truck 3 arrived from the Pierce dealer on Wednesday and was loaded with equipment
until the late hours on Friday evening. On Saturday after it makes its first appearance in the Midlego
County Parade it will be placed into service from station 3.
10-29-10 Midlego has done a change of quarters for some units. Rescue 3 was moved to station 6
due to the arrival of Truck 3. The tiller was moved from station 1 to station 5 to run with engine 5 and
provide protection to a new strip mall being built on the east side of town. Truck 4 has moved to
station 11 and is operating as an engine and truck company. The former engine 11 has moved to
station 1 to run with engine 1. Engine 5 was moved to station 2 and replaced with the former rig from
the movie "Backdraft". Station 4 will be the home to Technical Rescue 4 in the coming future.
09-17-10 The Midlego City Fire Dept. is awaiting delivery of a new 100 Ft. ladder to respond to the
westside of town. This will be Midlego's 4th ladder to serve Midlego and keep the ISO rating at 1.
Plans are also on the table again for the coming of Rescue 4. The drawings and specs are being
submitted at this time.
10-27-09 Station 11 is opened to cover the south end of the city as well as Midlego Crossings.
Engine 11 Rescue 6 are located here. Engine 11 is the only engine company that runs a quint with a
crew of 6 at all times. The reasoning for having a quint at station 11 is this station's territory was
annexed into Midlego so they would be primary at Midlego Crossings country amusement park. It was
felt that a quint would suit the needs of Midlego Crossings best and the extra 2 crew members in
combination with the 2 on the ambulance would be able to meet all needs in case of a fire until the
next 2 closest engines and truck company can arrive. The rescue runs with 2 medics and the engine
runs 1 medic.
10-19-09 MCFD responded to a residential structure fire relayed by a Midlego County Sheriff
Officer who was on patrol in the area. Midlego FIREMEDIC R. PARRISH will be awarded the MIDLEGO
LIFE SAFETY AWARD for not only locating the fire victim, but also retrieving her from the second floor
of the structure and administering all life saving interventions from initial start of CPR to transfer of
care with Midlego Ambulance Service in the ER where the victim had a pulse on her own and was
being assisted respirations by ventilator due to an in the field intubation.
09-13-09 Engine 10 has been moved to its new home in the remodelled station 3 from 1932. The
station has been fully renovated to be used on a daily basis by the crews that run on Engine 10. The
engine will run as a 3 man unit unless staffing permits 4 personnel available. As of the first 12 minutes
of operation on its opening day the crew already answered their first fire alarm with water flow
activation, only to be a small stove fire in an apartment complex. The stations good central location
allowed the engine to be on scene in 2 and a half minutes from time of leaving quarters, and has
already proven to be a great asset to the city.
07-15-09 Due to economic crisis at this time Midlego FD is being forced to cut all overtime
possible which may at some times result in running minimum staffing on engine companies. This may
mean an engine will only run with one medic and for the first time ever result in transferring care over
to the private ambulance service instead of riding in on every call as they currently do. This will not in
any way compromise the safety of the public but instead save the taxpayers some money until the
economy picks up.
awareness. These men drive across the United States in pink fire engines to raise money for breast
cancer awareness and research, as well as helping out those who are fighting breast cancer. It was a
great pleasure to have these men stop by and show off their truck as well as campaign in Midlego to
fight breast cancer. While on their stop they were able to raise in excess of $50,000 through business
donations as well as cash donations at the campaign stop in the parking lot of a local closed mall in
town. We wish these men a safe journey as they travel to a Lego Fire Department near you.
10-12-11 Midlego Regional Airport receives an new smaller crash unit to replace the older P-19
they had which was showing its age and spent more time out of service for repairs than in service.
also Engine 7 returns from Oshkosh for refurbishment of the pump and tank as well as repainting of
the unit from lime to white over red to match all other Midlego units.
10-01-11 Midlego Regional Airport turns its fire protection over to the city of Midlego since
Midlego is an automatic aide on all calls.
08-01-11 Midlego replaces all supply line with new 5" large diameter orange cotton jacket hose.
Also all engines were given a piston valve intake for this new hose.
07-29-11 Midlego places in service Rescue 12 a 2011 Braun Patriot with a Spartan chassis. This
unit is housed with Deluge 12 also placed in service on this date which is a Ford F-450 with a high
volume deluge gun mounted on the rear. Rescue 12 is unique in that it is an ambulance with an
onboard 300 gallon compressed air foam system (CAFS), and a 500 GPM pump.
06-14-11 Midlego has awarded Hackney Rescue Vehicles with the bid for Rescue 4. Personnel
have been sent to meet with designers at Hackney to go over the specs of the new rig. The unit will
be on 2011 International tractor crewcab with 41 Ft. trailer. The unit is part of a Homeland Security
grant awarded to Midlego for replacing outdated technical rescue equipment and its current rig.
11-10-10 Midlego places in service a 2010 Rosenbauer Metz Raptor 105 foot platform. This is the
first Metz to enter the Lego fire community. This unit is in service at station 5 and the tiller unit has
once again moved and now runs as Truck 8.
11-06-10 Truck 3 arrived from the Pierce dealer on Wednesday and was loaded with equipment
until the late hours on Friday evening. On Saturday after it makes its first appearance in the Midlego
County Parade it will be placed into service from station 3.
10-29-10 Midlego has done a change of quarters for some units. Rescue 3 was moved to station 6
due to the arrival of Truck 3. The tiller was moved from station 1 to station 5 to run with engine 5 and
provide protection to a new strip mall being built on the east side of town. Truck 4 has moved to
station 11 and is operating as an engine and truck company. The former engine 11 has moved to
station 1 to run with engine 1. Engine 5 was moved to station 2 and replaced with the former rig from
the movie "Backdraft". Station 4 will be the home to Technical Rescue 4 in the coming future.
09-17-10 The Midlego City Fire Dept. is awaiting delivery of a new 100 Ft. ladder to respond to the
westside of town. This will be Midlego's 4th ladder to serve Midlego and keep the ISO rating at 1.
Plans are also on the table again for the coming of Rescue 4. The drawings and specs are being
submitted at this time.
10-27-09 Station 11 is opened to cover the south end of the city as well as Midlego Crossings.
Engine 11 Rescue 6 are located here. Engine 11 is the only engine company that runs a quint with a
crew of 6 at all times. The reasoning for having a quint at station 11 is this station's territory was
annexed into Midlego so they would be primary at Midlego Crossings country amusement park. It was
felt that a quint would suit the needs of Midlego Crossings best and the extra 2 crew members in
combination with the 2 on the ambulance would be able to meet all needs in case of a fire until the
next 2 closest engines and truck company can arrive. The rescue runs with 2 medics and the engine
runs 1 medic.
10-19-09 MCFD responded to a residential structure fire relayed by a Midlego County Sheriff
Officer who was on patrol in the area. Midlego FIREMEDIC R. PARRISH will be awarded the MIDLEGO
LIFE SAFETY AWARD for not only locating the fire victim, but also retrieving her from the second floor
of the structure and administering all life saving interventions from initial start of CPR to transfer of
care with Midlego Ambulance Service in the ER where the victim had a pulse on her own and was
being assisted respirations by ventilator due to an in the field intubation.
09-13-09 Engine 10 has been moved to its new home in the remodelled station 3 from 1932. The
station has been fully renovated to be used on a daily basis by the crews that run on Engine 10. The
engine will run as a 3 man unit unless staffing permits 4 personnel available. As of the first 12 minutes
of operation on its opening day the crew already answered their first fire alarm with water flow
activation, only to be a small stove fire in an apartment complex. The stations good central location
allowed the engine to be on scene in 2 and a half minutes from time of leaving quarters, and has
already proven to be a great asset to the city.
07-15-09 Due to economic crisis at this time Midlego FD is being forced to cut all overtime
possible which may at some times result in running minimum staffing on engine companies. This may
mean an engine will only run with one medic and for the first time ever result in transferring care over
to the private ambulance service instead of riding in on every call as they currently do. This will not in
any way compromise the safety of the public but instead save the taxpayers some money until the
economy picks up.
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