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DISASTERS
INVOLVING
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
(including local disasters with
an Arlington Heights Police or
Fire mutual aid response to other
communities)
La Salle Bank Fire in
Chicago
DEC 06 2004 (weather)
-- La Salle Bank at 135 South
LaSalle in Chicago. Fire on 29th
and 30th floors. Fatalities: 0,
Injuries: 37, Damage
Estimate:
Notes: Arlington Heights Fire
Engine 2 was called to provide
station coverage at the fire
house of Engine Company 108.
Villa Verde Condominium Fire
in Buffalo Grove
SEP 01 2000 (weather)
-- Location: Number 2 Villa
Verde, Buffalo Grove, IL. Fire
started at about 3 p.m. in a
malfunctioning air conditioner
(not confirmed) on the top floor
(3rd floor).
Notes: Arlington Heights Fire
Department assisted Buffalo Grove
Fire Department with mutual aid
along with other suburban fire
departments, including Addison,
Cary, Des Plaines, Elk Grove,
Evanston, Fox River Grove, Nunda
Township, Palatine, Rolling
Meadows and Wheeling, and more.
Over 150 firefighters fought the
fire for over 7 hours.
Fatalities: 0; Injuries: ; Damage
Estimate: $5-$6 million.
Helicopter
Crash into
House
MAY 18 1998 1351 CDT
(weather)
-- Bell Textron 206 with four
aboard crashes into house (garage
mainly) at 311 S Fernandez
Ave.
Fatalities: 4 (on board),
Injuries: 0, Damage Estimate:
Notes: One person (Grace Stearns)
in home at the time. Helicopter
owned by Rotors in Motion of
Round Lake, IL. Helicopter was
working for Futabakai School.
Crash witnessed by students in
playground at Our Lady of Wayside
school. O'Hare International
Airport responded with a Crash
Tender Fire Truck. Thousands of
bystanders crowded the street
during recovery. NTSB
report.
'100 Year Flood' August 13-14,
1987
AUG 14 1987 (weather)
6.49 inches of rain fell on
August 14, 1987 helping August
1987 become the wettest month of
all months to date with 17.10
inches of rain. An eight hour
span over August 13-14 brought an
official measurement of 9.35
inches (2.86 inches on 8/13 and
6.49 inches on 8/14).
Serious
urban flooding. Streets flooded
and basements flooded with
backflow from drainage pipes. One
to three-foot lakes developed in
normally dry suburban
neighborhoods. Estimated damage
$220 million to Chicago area.
Severe thunderstorms recurred on
August 16, 1987 with strong
downbursts and 1-1.5-inch hail in
northern Illinois.
Arlington
Park Racetrack Fire
JUL 31 1985 0200 CDT
(weather)
-- Electrical fire first detected
in the ceiling of the kitchen of
the Paddock, a building to the
west of the grandstand. Exact
cause is undetermined. Fire
spread through common access to
the grandstand. The west end of
the grandstand collapsed at 12:10
p.m. and the remaining entire
grandstand collapsed at 12:30
p.m.
Fatalities: 0; Injuries: 3 minor
injuries to firefighters; Damage
Estimate:
Notes: A demolition team from
Fort Sheridan was considered to
blow up the burning west
grandstand to separate it from
extending to the east
grandstand.
1982 Tylenol Murders
SEP 29 1982 to OCT 01 1982
(weather: SEP 29,
30,
OCT 01)
Tylenol laced with cyanide on
shelves in stores (Jewel Foods,
122 N. Vail, Arlington Heights;
Jewel Foods, 948 Grove Mall, Elk
Grove Village; Osco Drug Store,
Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg;
Walgreen Drug Store, 1601 N.
Wells, Chicago; Frank's Finer
Foods, 0N040 Winfield Rd,
Winfield; and one unknown
location).
The first cyanide poisoning
victim is a 12-year-old girl from
Elk Grove who suffered a morning
headache. She is followed,
unrelated, by a 27-year-old
postal worker. The postal
worker's brother and his
brother's new wife (grieving from
their loss) unknowingly take
Tylenol from the the dead
brother's tainted bottle and die
instantly in an Arlington Heights
home. The woman collapses right
in front of the paramedics on the
scene who are treating her
husband. Three more random and
unrelated deaths occur in the
Chicago area.
Notes: Arlington Heights
firefighter Philip Cappittelli
and Elk Grove firefighter Richard
Keyworth (during a discussion as
friends) recognize that the
mysterious deaths in Arlington
Heights and Elk Grove both
involved Tylenol. Tylenol from
the scene is tested and cyanide
is detected. Copycat cases and
false alarms follow nationwide.
Police and fire vehicles with
loud speakers travel the streets
warning people not to take
Tylenol. Millions of bottles and
packages of Tylenol are recalled
and burned. Investigators
eventually recovered eight
tainted bottles, five related to
the deaths, two turned in by
consumers and one pulled from a
store shelf. Tylenol was replaced
on shelves about two months later
with secured packaging. Packaging
security in many products has
improved as a result of this
crime.
The victims of cyanide poisoning
were Mary Kellerman, 12, Elk
Grove Village; Adam Janus, 27,
Arlington Heights; Stanley Janus,
25, Lisle; Theresa Janus, 19,
Arlington Heights; Paula Prince,
35, Chicago; Mary Reiner, 27,
Winfield; and Mary McFarland, 31,
Elmhurst.
Fatalities: 7
American Airlines Flight 191
Crash
MAY 25 1979 15:02 CDT
(weather)
-- American Airlines Flight 191
crashed shortly after takeoff in
an open field near warehouses and
a trailer park almost 5000 feet
from the end of O'Hare runway
32R.
Fatalities: 271 on board (13 crew
members) and 2 people on the
ground. Injuries: All fatal.
Damage Estimate:
Notes: Arlington Heights Fire
Department responded with
multiple fire engines and
paramedic ambulances with other
suburban fire departments and the
City of Chicago. The Arlington
Heights fire dispatch center was
the MABAS Division One dispatch
command for suburban fire
departments responding to the
crash. Northwest Community
Hospital activated its disaster
plan, but no patients were
brought to Northwest Community
Hospital. The two people killed
on the ground were severely
burned by the aircraft fire when
they opened a warehouse door to
see what had happened outside.
They died in the hospital shortly
after their injuries. The
accident was originally called in
to Elk Grove Fire Department as
an explosion at a factory. Other
links: Aviation
Safety
Net,
AirDisaster.com,
Wikipedia
East Lynden House Fire
DEC 24 1971 (weather)
-- Fire started near a Christmas
tree and a couch in a house on
East Lynden Lane in Scarsdale
neighborhood.
Fatalities: 7 (from the same
family); Injuries: 0
Notes: The fire was discovered
early in the morning by a
newspaper delivery boy.
Arlington Park Horse Barn
Fire
1971 -- Two barns involved in a
serious working fire.
Fatalities: 0 people; 26
horses
Arlington Park Horse Barn
Fire
1967
Fatalities: 0 people; 7 horses, 1
dog
A&P Store Fire
FEB 07 1951 -- Location: 114 W.
Campbell. Fire may have started
in a boiler room. Building
totally destroyed.
Fatalities: 0; Injuries: 0;
Damage Estimate: $200,000.
Arlington Park Horse Barn
Fire
1946
Fatalities: 0 people; 26 horses
(including 22 two-year-old horses
owned by Elizabeth
Arden
of the cosmetics
industry).
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METRO
AREA DISASTERS
Southwest
Airlines Midway Crash
DEC 08 2005 7:15 p.m. CST
(weather)
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248
crashed after touching down too
late on Runway 31-C during
landing at Midway Airport. The
Boeing 737-700 crashed through a
fence and onto Central Avenue
near 55th Street, killing
6-year-old Joshua Woods.
Fatalities: 1; Injuries: 10
(9 on ground); Damage Estimate:
Elmwood Park Metra Train vs Car
Crash
NOV 24 2005 4:45 p.m. CST
(weather)
Metra passenger train crash
involved 15 automobiles when the
train hit 6-8 cars backed up on
Grand Avenue in Elmwood Park.
Fatalities: 0; Injuries: 16;
Damage Estimate:
Metra Train Derailment
SEP 17 2005 0845 CDT
(weather)
-- METRA train tracks at 47th and
Wentworth in Chicago. Train
travelling too fast leaves the
tracks and hits the 47th Street
Bridge viaduct. Fatalities: 2,
Injuries: Approximately 80 (17
Red). CFD response was a 2-11
alarm and an EMS Plan III. MABAS
Disaster Response (3rd Alarm +
Special) from the following
suburbs: Alsip, Calumet City,
Cicero, Country Club Hills,
Evanston, Evergreen Park,
Franklin Park, Glenview,
Hazelcrest, Hinsdale, Lake
Zurich, Libertyville,
Lincolnwood, Lisle-Woodrich,
Mount Prospect, Northbrook, Oak
Park, Oak Brook, Oak Forest,
Orland Park, Palos Heights,
Pleasantview, Posen, Rolling
Meadows, Rosemont, Schiller Park,
Skokie, South Holland, and
Waukegan. Twenty ambulances
staged at the scene and eleven
were assigned to standby in
Chicago Fire Stations.
La Salle Bank Fire
DEC 06 2004 1830 CST
(weather)
-- La Salle Bank at 135 South
LaSalle in Chicago. Fire on 29th
and 30th floors burned for about
6 hours. Fatalities: 0, Injuries:
8 civilians, 29 firefighters (of
all 13 RED, 10 YELLOW). Damage
estimate: Fire damage on 29th and
30th floors; significant water
damage down to the 18th
floor.
CFD response was a 5-11 with
three Special Alarms. MABAS
Interdivisional Box Alarm from
numerous suburban fire
departments to scene and standby
in CFD fire stations.
Pilsen Neighborhood
Fire
NOV 14 2003 (weather)--
Location: 19th and Sangamon. Two
large factory building on fire
causing a 5-11 and 4 special
alarm-response. Caused by arson
to a stolen car in an alley.
Fatalities: 0 Injuries:
Cook County Administration
Building Fire
OCT 17 2003 1705 CDT
(weather)--
Location: 69 West Washington.
Fire started in a faulty light
fixture in a storage room on the
12th floor of a 35-story
building.
Fatalities: 6; Injuries 12.
Workplace Shooting
2003
AUG 27 2003 (weather)--
Location: Windy City Core Supply,
Inc. car parts warehouse.
Fatalities: 7 people, including
the attacker (former employee)
died.
Major Porch Collapse
JUN 29 2003 (weather)
-- Location: 713 Wrightwood
(Lincoln Park neighborhood).
Fatalities: 12; Injuries: 12:
Chicago's E2 Nightclub Crowd
Crush
FEB 17 2003 0200 CST
(weather)
Fatalities: 21; Injuries: 65+
Paxton Hotel Fire
MAR 23 1993 Location 1432 N.
LaSalle.
Fatalities: 19; Injuries
1995 Chicago Heat Wave
JUL 12th 1995 to JUL 16 1995.
(Weather: JUL
12,
JUL
13,
JUL
14,
JUL
15,
JUL
16)
Entire City of Chicago
experienced certified
heat-related deaths (certified by
medical examiner). July 13 heat
index peaked at 119 F.
Fatalities: 465
Freight Tunnel Flood
APR 13 1992 (weather)
Fatalities: 0; Injuries: 0;
Damage Estimate:
MABAS Interdivisional Box Alarm
for suburban fire department
response.
1988 Chicago Heat Wave
Fatalities: 77 deaths certified
by the Cook County Medical
Examiner's Office (CCMEO) as
heat-related.
American Airlines Flight 191
Crash
MAY 25 1979 15:02 CDT
(weather)
-- American Airlines Flight 191
crashed shortly after takeoff in
an open field near warehouses and
a trailer park almost 5000 feet
from the end of O'Hare runway
32R.
Fatalities: 271 on board (13 crew
members) and 2 people on the
ground. Injuries: All fatal.
Damage Estimate:
CTA Elevated Train
Crash
FEB 04 1977 (weather)
Fatalities: 7 in train, 2 on
ground; Injuries: 266; Damage
Estimate:
Wincrest Nursing Home
Fire
JAN 30 1976 1143 CST
(weather)
Fatalities: 23; Injuries:
United Airlines Flight 533
Crash Near Midway
DEC 08 1972 (weather)
United Airlines Flight 533
crashed during landing approach
1.5 miles short of the runway at
Midway Airport
Fatalities: 43 people aboard the
plane and 2 people on the ground
died, 18 passengers survived.
Illinois Central Gulf Commuter
Train Crash
OCT 30 1972 (weather)
Location: Chicago's 27th Street
Station.
Fatalities: 45 ; Injuries:
332
Our Lady of Angels School
Fire
DEC 01 1958 (weather)
About 2:00 pm CST Location: 909
North Avers Fire started in a
trash drum in the basement
stairwell.
Fatalities: 93 (90 students and 3
nuns) died. 160 children
rescued.
Haber Corporation Plant
Explosion
APR 16 1953. Located 908 W. North
Avenue.
Fatalities: 35
LaSalle Hotel Fire
JUN 05 1946
Fatalities: 61
Eastland Chicago/River: Tour
Steamer Capsize
JUL 24 1915
Fatalities: 852; Injuries: 3500
onboard (licensed for 2500
max)
Iroquois Theatre Fire
DEC 30 1903 Location: 24-28
Randolph.
Fatalities: 600 Injuries: 1900
people in audience, 500
performers.
Great Chicago Fire
SUN OCT 08 1871 to OCT 10 1871.
North and West sides of Chicago.
Fire started about 9:00 p.m. in
the cowbarn at the rear of the
Patrick O'Leary cottage at 137
DeKoven Street on Chicago's West
Side.
Fatalities: 300; Damage Estimate:
90,000 homeless, property loss
$200 million.
Other helpful links:
Chicago
Public Library
Disasters
List
ChicagoFireVideo.com
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GLOSSARY
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Aid
is assistance (financial,
supplies, provisions, medicine,
labor) given by a government
agency or volunteer
organization.
Blame
CERT (Community Emergency
Response Team) Programs
educate people about disaster
preparedness and trains them in
basic disaster response skills,
such as fire safety, light search
and rescue, and disaster medical
operations. Using their training,
CERT members can assist others in
their neighborhood or workplace
following an event and can take a
more active role in preparing
their community. The program is
administered by DHS.
See citizenscorps.gov.
Cholera is any of several
diseases of humans and domestic
animals usually marked by severe
gastrointestinal symptoms,
including acute diarrhea. Disease
is causeed by enterotoxin
produced by a comma-shaped
gram-negative bacillus (Vibrio
cholerae) when it is present in
large numbers in the proximal
part of the small intestine. See
also CDC
on
Cholera.
Citizen Corps A program
that develops community action
plans, assesses possible threats,
and identifying local resources.
In Arlington Heights five
permanent members: Police Chief,
Fire Chief, Health Department
Director, Public Works Director,
Assistant Emergency Services
Disaster Agency Coordinator. Also
four rotating terms from
Elementary District 25, Northwest
Community Healthcare, the general
business community and regional
transportation authorities. See
also CERT. See citizenscorps.gov.
Command and Control
Contamination
Curfew is a regulated time
period when people are not
allowed in the streets and when
businesses and other public
assembly locations are
closed.
Dehydrating Disease A
disease associated with diarrhea
that causes the body to lose
water rapidly. Heat stress and
fever cause greater water loss as
well.
Disaster Agency
Disaster Area is officially
declared to be the scene of an
emergency, thereby subject to
special conditions, such as
curfews and evacuations; and
qualified for emergency loans and
relief supplies.
Disaster-Related Illness
(1) Water-borne illnesses,
the lack of clean water or
potable water, the contaminated
water, the water that's been
contaminated by sewer, by
overflow, by chemicals.
Contamination causes diarrhea
from E Coli or Salmonella or any
of the bacteria that cause
water-borne illness. The diarrhea
causes dehydration and since you
can't get access to clean water
to drink, you have dehydration
that leads to cardiovascular
collapse and ultimately death.
(2) Infectious disease from
people-to-people: cholera,
dysentery, and typhoid. (3)
Mosquito-borne illnesses, such as
West Nile and Malaria.
DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance
Team) is a group of
professionals and
para-professional medical
personnel (supported by a cadre
of logistical and administrative
staff) designed to provide
emergency medical care during a
disaster or other unusual
event.
DMATs deploy to a disaster site
with sufficient supplies and
equipment to sustain the team for
a period of 72 hours while
providing medical care at a fixed
or temporary medical care site.
In a mass casualty incident, DMAT
responsibilities include triaging
of patients, providing austere
medical care, and preparing
patients for evacuation. See
DMAT
in National
Disaster Medical
System
of Department
of Homeland
Security
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary
Team)
Dysentery An infectious
disease of the colon. Symptoms
include bloody, mucus-filled
diarrhea; abdominal pain; fever;
and loss of fluids from the body.
Includes Shigellosis and Amoebic
dysentery. Shifellosis-infected
individuals will often recover
without antibiotic treatment.
However, treatment by antibiotics
is recommended because the
disease is relatively severe, and
is highly contagious. Transmitted
by "fomites", for example
clothes, doorknobs, toilet seats,
etc. Amoebic dysentery is
transmitted by contaminated
water, and is well known as a
"travellers dysentery", although
it is occasionally seen in
industrialized countries. Liver
infection, and subsequent amoebic
abscesses can occur. It can be
treated with metronidazole or
related azole drugs.
Emergency Operations Center
Environment Many disasters
bring ecological crises as well
as human and economic crises. See
EPA,
Illinois
Department of Natural
Resources
and Illinois
Environmental Protection
Agency
Evacuation is to remove
people from a dangerous or
uninhabitable area.
FEMA (Federal
Emergency Management
Agency).
First Responder an individual
who has received training in
emergency care in order to
provide for the patient before
EMTs arrive. The level of
training allows this individual
to assist EMTs at the emergency
scene. Also, trained rescue
personnel who are usually first
on the scene of a disaster or
emergency indcident.
Fuel
Fundraiser
Funds are made available by
insurance companies and/or
government and charity
agencies.
Grief is the emotional
suffering felt after a great
loss. Five stages of grief are
(1) Denial and Isolation, (2)
Anger, (3) Bargaining, (4)
Depression, and (5) Acceptance.
'H' is a mark with orange
spray paint on a house or
structure that refers to hazard
inside.
HAZMAT is a response by
rescue agency to hazardous
materials that exposing potential
or actual harm to people and
property. Hazardous materials are
divided into nine hazard classes:
(1) explosives, (2) gases, (3)
flammable and combustible
liquids, (4) flammable solids,
spontaneously combustible
materials, and dangerous when wet
materials, (5) oxidizers and
organic peroxides, (6) toxic
(poison or poisonous) material
and infectious substances, (7)
radioactive materials, (8)
corrosive materials, and (9)
miscellaneous dangerous goods.
See hazmat.dot.gov.
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Homeland Security Advisory
System
See DHS
for complete information
Severe -
Red
Severe
risk of terrorist attack. Public
and government facilities closed.
Redirection of personnel for
appropriate response.
High -
Orange
High risk of terrorist attack.
Cancellation of public venues
considered. Restricting access to
facilities to essential personnel
only.
Elevated -
Yellow
Significant risk of terrorist
attack. Increased surveillance of
critical locations and brushing
up on pre-planning.
Guarded Condition -
Blue
General risk of terrorist attack.
Provide public with helpful
information. Check communications
and emergency responsee
procedures.
Low Condition -
Green
Low risk of terrorist attack
Assess vulnerabilities. Proper
training.
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Infrastructure includes
aviation, bridges, dams, drinking
water, the national power grid,
hazardous waste, navigable
waterways, parks and recreation,
rail, roads, schools, security,
solid waste, transit and
wastewater.
Insurance Catastrophe Team
includes claim processors.
Insurrection Act
IT Recovery is recovery of
computer information.
JTF (Joint Task Force) A
military operation that is
designed to resolve a specific
military problem or disaster.
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Law
and Order
Loot/Looters/Looting to
plunder, rob and burglarize
victims of war or disaster.
Martial Law is a system of
rules that takes effect (usually
after a formal declaration) when
a military authority takes
control of the normal
administration of justice (and
usually of the whole state).
Usually administered because of a
situation where civilian law
enforcement agencies are unable
to maintain public order and
safety.
MABAS is the Mutual Alarm
Box Alarm System, which is a
pre-planned operational plan for
fire equipment to respond to
major fires or other
disasters.
Missing Persons
MRE is Meals Ready to
Eat.
Mutual Aid is when one
community sends professional
resources to help another
community.
National Guard
NNRT (National Nurse Response
Team) See National
Disaster Medical
System.
NPRT (National Pharmacy Response
Team) See National
Disaster Medical
System.
Panic causes excess fear
and exaggeration of the disaster.
Word-of-mouth spread of news is
often inaccurate.
Posse Commitatus
(PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder is an anxiety
disorder that can occur after
exposure to traumatic events such
as violent personal assaults,
natural or human-caused
disasters, accidents, or military
combat. Signs and symptoms
include persistent frightening
thoughts and memories of their
ordeal, feeling emotionally numb,
especially close family and
friends, sleep problems, feeling
detached, and experiencing jumpy
nervousness. See also
National
Center for
PTSD
and National Library of Medicine
PTSD
information.
Preparedness is being
prepared with planning for
procedures and supplies for
surviving interruption of normal
civilized life in the event of a
national emergency -- including a
terrorist attack. Preparedness is
specifically known as Emergency
Preparedness or Disaster
Preparedness. See
Ready.gov.
Provisions are water, food,
ice, clothing, medicine, medical
supplies and other supplies.
Recover in health terms is
to regain normal health status
from a disease or injury. To
recover in disaster terms is to
retrieve a dead body and
transport it to a morgue.
Emergency operations can change
from a rescue operation to a
recovery operation when victims
are known to be deceased.
Refugee is a person who
flees a country or city to avoid
the destruction of a disaster or
war. For some the word emphasizes
the severity of the disaster that
has caused people to evacuate
their homes. For others, the word
is politically incorrect and its
use regarding United State
citizens hints at racism or is
improper because the citizens
have not been forced out of the
country.
Rescue is to remove an
injured or uninjured person from
a situation that would cause
further injury or death.
Search and Rescue
Satellite Radio & TV
can be helpful in a disaster
because the usual on-air stations
or cable facilities may be
knocked out of service. XMRadio
has audio for 24-hour news
networks, such as CNN and
FoxNEWS, which can be helpful for
assessment and resource
information.
Shelter is a permanent
building structure or temporary
tent that is used to inhabit
victims of disaster or war. Ideal
shelters provide appropriate heat
or air conditioning, information
regarding the status of the
emergency, and data collection
and
Shigellosis is an
infectious disease caused by a
group of bacteria called
Shigella. Most who are infected
with Shigella develop diarrhea,
fever, and stomach cramps
starting a day or two after they
are exposed to the bacterium. The
diarrhea is often bloody.
Shigellosis usually resolves in 5
to 7 days. In some persons,
especially young children and the
elderly, the diarrhea can be so
severe that the patient needs to
be hospitalized. See also
CDC
on
Shigellosis.
Starvation is defined as a
prolonged inadequate intake of
protein, energy or both. Fasting
is the total exclusion of all
food energy. A total interruption
of food in a disaster would be
considered prolonged fasting.
Non-obese adults die after about
60 days of fasting. Obese
individuals can last longer in a
prolonged fast. In 1973 a
27-year-old man weighing just
over 455 pounds survived an
uninterrupted fast when only
non-energy-containing fluids were
consumed (1).
State of Emergency is a
governmental declaration that may
suspend certain normal functions
of government , alerts citizens
to alter their regular daily
activities, orders government
agencies to implement emergency
preparedness plans. It can also
be used as a rationale for
suspending civil liberties.
Activated during natural
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