http://www.yourstreet.com/news/chicago-fire-department YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced earlier this week that the Chicago Fire Department was the recipient of a $779,520 grant courtesy of the United States Fire Administration, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Said Durbin, "Our nation's... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6715738/cfd-getting-780,000k Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:15:08 -0700 The Chicago Police Department emerged victorious against the Chicago Fire Department in their annual charity game Saturday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720686/police-victorious-in-baseball-challenge-against-fire Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:47:08 -0700 The United States Fire Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has awarded a $779,520 grant to the Chicago Fire Department. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720687/durbin-announces-750,000-grant-to-chicago-fire Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:37:08 -0700 City ambulances are 'behind the times,' lacking devices to detect deadliest type of heart attack early None of the Chicago Fire Department's 75 ambulances carries equipment that can identify the most dangerous kind of heart attacks. As a result, treatment is often... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6664310/city-ambulances-behind-the-times- Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 Monday was "way overwhelming" for Brian Otto, a rescue diver for the Chicago Fire Department who was honored for "doing my job." That entailed saving the life of a 2-year-old boy who had fallen into Lake Michigan last year. For his efforts, Otto, of the Mount... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6528101/-hometown-hero-flies-high-with-thunderbirds Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:00:08 -0700 Two narcotics officers have been shot, both in the leg, while executing a search warrant on the Far South Side. Neither of the injuries appeared to be serious, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6354846/two-police-officers-shot Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:32:08 -0700 A 52-year-old woman who went into cardiac arrest on her way to the Taste of Chicago on Thursday was resuscitated, thanks to a quick-thinking passerby and a pair of paramedics on bicycles. The unidentified woman, an Arizona tourist, was walking to the Taste when she... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6265313/heroics-at-taste-of-chicago Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:00:08 -0700 Authorities say five people have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's South Side neighborhood. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says four people, including a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, were transported to local hospitals in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6004614/chicago-south-side-shooting-police-say-5-people-wounded Fri, 29 May 2009 06:30:08 -0700 Following in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens and Mike Guy of Playboy, conservative Chicago radio shock-jock Eric 'Mancow' Muller decided to submit himself to a round of waterboarding on-air Friday, in this instance in order to prove that it is, in fact, not... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5956397/mancow-muller,-conservative-radio-host,-gets-waterboarded-absolutely- Fri, 22 May 2009 13:35:08 -0700