Chicago Fire Department’s retired chief of special operations, John Eversole, died Sunday evening at the age of 62. Nationally and internationally referred to as the “Chief of Hazmat,” Eversole was a visionary who fought endlessly for better, safer conditions for firefighters. Everyone looked up to John, and not just because he was taller than most.
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He Did It His Way
A Department in Need
The pictures continue to come in of the tornado that hit Greensburg, Kan., a week ago Friday night. One satellite photo shows neat rows of houses and the next shows the houses reduced to matchsticks after an F-5 tornado touched ground, covering a path 22 miles long and 1.7 miles wide.
