News
Riverton Fire and EMS members took a course on aeromedicine and flight safety related to fire and rescue personnel. Tour of St. John’s Hospital’s Saints Flight was also presented. To the left is a video of Saints Flight returning to their base. Below you can follow the link to view photos of Saints Flight and the members taking a tour.
Story added: 05/17/10
Riverton Fire and EMS is proud to announce that they have just upgraded a service to the residents of RAFPD. As of January 2010 Riverton Fire and EMS members partook in a course, taught by Jay Lovelace, to provided ice water rescue. This course, as well as the new equipment, is currently in service on two of the department's apparatus. The district felt that with having many creeks, lakes, and ponds that resided in the Riverton Area that the department should be able to provided this upgraded life saving service to the community. Pictured to the left is Safety Officer Dominic Vespa after performing a water rescue scenario. Below you can find more pictures as well as a video from the practical that day.
Story added: 03/02/10
Saints Flight Course
Ice Water Rescue
Riverton Fire and EMS members trained on water rescue during their weekly training. Topics covered were land based water rescue and water rescue via ice water rescue suits and boat operations.
Story added: 07/01/10
Water Rescue Operations
Riverton Fire and EMS participated in Spaulding’s Public Safety day on May 22nd at Spaulding Park. Riverton member’s preformed a multi evolution extrication demonstration through out the day and passed out Fire Prevention and Education Materials.
Story added: 06/21/10
Public Safety Day
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Story added: 06/09/10
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Riverton Fire Department: 710 Riverton Rd. Riverton, IL 62561 -
Page updated: August 5th
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2010 Response Statistics | |
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Fire Reports: | |
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Fire in a Structure: |
7 |
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Commercial Fire Alarms: |
21 |
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Residental Fire Alarms: |
4 |
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Brush/Grass: |
2 |
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Illegal Burn: |
6 |
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Vehicle: |
6 |
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Other: |
10 |
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Standby: |
1 |
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EMS Reports: | |
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Medicals: |
247 |
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Motor Vehicle Accidents: |
18 |
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Other: | |
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Carbon Monoxide Alarm: |
9 |
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Odor Investigations: |
1 |
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Spill/Leaks: |
3 |
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Storm Damage: |
0 |
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Detail/Drills |
4 |
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Water Emergencies |
0 |
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Weather Watches: |
1 |
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Good Intent: |
0 |
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False Alarms/Cancelled: |
16 |
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Calls to Service Total: |
356 |
Updated: 08/05/10
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