Huntley Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Albert Schlick, who had over 30 years of fire service, was laid to rest Wednesday following a two-month battle with a duty-related illness. A visitation and fire department walkthrough was held on Tuesday at DeFiore Funeral Home in Huntley. The mass, which was attended by around 150 firefighters, was […]
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Huntley deputy fire chief dies of duty-related illness, department says
Huntley Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Albert Schlick, who had over 30 years of fire service, died Tuesday evening following a two-month battle with a duty-related illness. “It is with a heavy heart that the Fire District announces the death of retired Division Chief Al Schlick last evening,” the Wauconda Fire District said in a […]
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Lincolnshire-Riverwoods firefighter Mark Amore laid to rest in McHenry
First responders lined a procession route in McHenry Wednesday to honor a veteran Lincolnshire-Riverwoods firefighter who died in an off-duty accident last week. Mark Amore, 46, of McHenry, died on April 16 while working at his side job as a heavy equipment operator for Pirtano Construction. Amore was operating a skid steer in a parking […]
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Off-duty Lincolnshire firefighter dies in skid steer accident in Fox Lake
An off-duty firefighter/paramedic with the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District died Thursday afternoon in a skid steer accident in Fox Lake. The Fox Lake Police Department and Fox Lake Fire Protection District responded around 2:20 p.m. Thursday to Ben Watts Marina, 116 South Route 12. Police said that a man, identified as Mark Amore, 46, was […]
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Harvard firefighter dies following battle with cancer
Funeral arrangements are set for a 30-year veteran firefighter of Harvard’s fire department after he died following a battle with cancer, the fire chief said. “It is with the deepest sorrow that the Harvard Fire Protection District reports the death of one of our firefighters,” Harvard Fire Protection District Acting Chief Bryan Pierce said in […]