Cass - Putman Rescue

08/09/2025

Cass-Putman Rescue, Cuba Fire Department, Fulton County EMA and Fulton County Deputies responded to a 2 vehicle accident on Route 9 by Turkey creek bridge with 1 patient bleeding and lane blockage. 1 patient was treated at the scene after a trailer became detached from the truck pulling it and sideswiped another truck. Thank you to all the departments that quickly responded and to the vehicles driving slowly through our scene !

07/23/2025

This is the much needed equipment that we will be fundraising for!

07/23/2025

Today at 1150 AM, 911 Dispatch received a call for a 85 year old male trapped inside a grain bin. Immediately mutual aid and life flight was requested to the scene. The patient was successfully extricated from the grain bin after an hour of being trapped up to his neck in grain. The patient was in stable condition at the time of extrication and was life flighted to OSF Saint Francis, our agency could not be thankful enough for the mutual aid and support that arrived quickly and made the rescue a success. A secondary patient was inside the bin but not trapped, the patient was evaluated and refused transport.

Our agency would like to extend its thanks to the following departments/agencies for their assistance today.

OSF Life Flight, Fulton County EMA, Fulton County ESDA, Avon Fire Protection District, Buckheart Township Fire Protection District, Copperas Creek Fire Protection District, Canton Fire Department, Cuba Fire Dept., Lewistown Fire Protection District, Smithfield Fire Protection District, Table Grove Fire Protection District, Fulton County Sheriff's Department, Macomb Fire Department, Bushnell Fire Department, and Life Guard Ambulance, the Salvation Army (Canton, IL), Havana Rural Fire Department for additional coverage and any other agencies we may have missed.

Currently we do not have a Grain Rescue Tube in the Cass-Putman district, which covers the towns of Cuba, Smithfield, Fiatt and Marietta ( Cuba School District of 124 Square miles ). Although we rely on mutual aid departments to help. Time is critical and we are starting a fundraiser for this specialized equipment at a cost of approx $5,000 for the complete kit.

06/27/2025

05/22/2025

The flags have been replaced at Deputy Troy Chisum’s memorial highway sign on the Cuba end and I will be installing a solar light to light up the flags at night this weekend.

05/22/2025

Here’s the answer to why the power went out this morning in Cuba ! City workers are on the scene clearing the roadway !

04/05/2025

THANK YOU to the Illinois Fire marshals office and the Illinois senate for This grant. This grant will help us to purchase battery operated jaws of life for both our trucks and save lives in our community!

Nearly a dozen fire departments/districts have been awarded Small Equipment Grants through the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal. Congratulations to the following recipients in the 47th Senate District!

For more information: https://senatorneilanderson.com/2025/04/02/senator-anderson-announces-fire-department-grants/

03/19/2025

03/19/2025

Not to sound like a broken record here…. But PLEASE do not burn today! 🚩🚩🚩

03/18/2025

If a road is blocked off by emergency vehicles, personnel, and barricades DO NOT DRIVE AROUND IT!!! You can’t fix stupid.

03/17/2025

𝟯/𝟭𝟳/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝟳:𝟭𝟱 𝗔𝗠 - 𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗚 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚
𝗡𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT this evening for Fulton County.

* TIMING...From 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CDT this evening.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 23 percent.

* 10 HOUR FUELS...Less than 9 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Fun Facts For The Day:
Q: What's a 10 hour fuel?
A: Ten-hour fuels are the smaller diameter dead fuels in the 0.25" to 1" diameter range. They also respond quickly to changing weather conditions, but not as quickly as do 1-hour fuels. These fuels include roundwood and the layer of litter on forest floors extending, roughly, from 0.25" below the surface to 1" deep.

Q: What's a 20' Wind??
A: A 20-foot wind is the sustained wind speed averaged over a 10-minute period at a height of 20 feet above the surface.
Maybe this will be a topic on Jeopardy one day and you can stand up and go “OH! THE CAT TAUGHT ME THIS ONE!” and drop that knowledge like Godzilla doing a cannon ball of the Havana Bridge.
And yes we've tried watching "Pop Culture Jeopardy" and just can't into the groove with that show...

03/06/2025

https://support.soill.org/fundraiser/6151242 One of our rescue members has set up a donation page for this charity game he is taking part in, please consider donating to support the Special Olympics of Illinois.

Help me support the Illinois Special Olympics at the Guns and Hoses charity game!