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Mundelein firefighters receive valor awards for rescuing 2 residents from burning home near Mundelein

Three Mundelein firefighters were given valor awards this week for rescuing two residents, who had to be hospitalized, from a house fire near Mundelein last summer. The Mundelein Fire Department and Countryside Fire Protection District received a call of a structure fire in the 21800 block of West Route 60 in unincorporated Mundelein around 3:25 […]

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Mundelein firefighters honored by village board for rescuing 2 residents from burning home near Mundelein

Three Mundelein firefighters were honored earlier this week by the village board for rescuing two residents, who had to be hospitalized, from a house fire near Mundelein. The Mundelein Fire Department and Countryside Fire Protection District received a call of a structure fire in the 21800 block of West Route 60 in unincorporated Mundelein around […]

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Buffalo Grove firefighters honored for rescuing victim trapped in car that went into frozen pond

Buffalo Grove firefighters and paramedics were recently honored for saving the life of a driver who crashed their car into a frozen pond and became partially submerged in water. Buffalo Grove Fire Chief Mike Baker said his department along with the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District responded around 6 a.m. on February 2 to 901 East […]

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Mundelein, Countryside firefighters perform CPR, save newborn baby in Mundelein

Mundelein and Countryside firefighter/paramedics were honored Wednesday for saving the life of a newborn baby after they performed CPR and other medical care on it, officials said. Crew members from the Mundelein Fire Department and Countryside Fire Protection District responded recently to a 911 call for an imminent birth. When they arrived, the baby was […]