Fire District

The Channahon Fire Protection District were assisting with a chemical incident involving a rail car at Americans Styrenics on Thursday. The situation was deemed not an immediate safety threat to the public, the fire district said.

An early morning fire on Wednesday has left a Lockport Township residence uninhabitable.

A 12-year-old bicyclist was injured after an SUV hit them Saturday while they crossed a street in Leaf River. Their injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

The Lockport Township Fire Protection District was called out to the scene of a garage fire around 11:43 p.m on Tuesday.

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District is the first McHenry County fire agency to have a Cyanokit, which helps prevent the effects of cyanide exposure.

Illinois State Police responded to the 2500 block of Channel Road in Lockport to assist the Lockport Township Fire Protection District with an investigation of a body found Monday afternoon.

The Channahon Fire Protection District celebrated the opening of a new fire station Thursday afternoon, showing off the nearly $4 million facility.

The Family Services Foundation of New Lenox Township donated $5,000 to the district, which helped to purchase 30 new lock boxes for residents.

The body was identified Tuesday evening as Chicago pastor Warren Beard, 53, who was was last seen July 2 in Joliet, Will County Coroner Laurie Summers said.

State Sen. Mary Edly-Allen announced that two local fire protection districts in the 31st District are set to receive funding through the 2024 Small Equipment Grant Program.

Three families have been displaced following a fire at an apartment complex in the 100 block of Harbor Drive in unincorporated Kendall County Tuesday night.

Oswego taxing bodies want an analysis done on the impact fees that a developer pays to offset the financial impact a new development places on public infrastructure.

No one was hospitalized in a fire at an apartment complex in Yorkville Tuesday night.

Firefighter/Paramedic William Perry of the Coal City Fire Protection District has been awarded the State of Illinois Medal of Honor.

Hunter and Parker Menzel will spend the next two years becoming fully certified firefighter-paramedics, working in the Wonder Lake Fire Protection District in the meantime.

West Pines Road is closed from 10th Street in Oregon to South Gale Road outside the city limits after a semitruck overturned Thursday afternoon. Extrication efforts to remove the driver from the upside-down vehicle were underway as of 1:15 p.m., Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.

Ogle County authorities have released the name of the man injured in a crash Monday on West Lowell Park Road.

West Lowell Park Road was closed from the Mt. Morris city limits to the intersection with North Moose Road after a vehicle hit a telephone pole and gas main causing a gas leak, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said Monday.

Two Kane County fire districts received grants from the Illinois State Fire Marshal through its Small Equipment Grant Program: Kaneville Fire Rescue received $15,443 and Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire Protection District received $20,480.

The Lockport Township Fire Protect District honored Joliet fire fighter Dominic Minnito at its awards banquet on Friday for outstanding actions while off-duty.

Kane County Associate Judge David Kliment found former lieutenant firefighter Greg M. Algrim guilty following a bench trial.

The cause of the fire in Plainfield Township appears accidental, fire officials said. An occupant of the residence heard a popping sound and saw smoke coming from the wall of a kitchen.

The Oswego Village Board has approved donating a parcel of land on Wolfs Crossing to the Oswego Fire Protection District to build its fifth fire station.

Will County voters will be asked to make choices on seven referenda across city and township lines.

Lockport and Plainfield Townships, in coordination with their local fire departments, have launched a program to provide referrals and funding for residents struggling with mental health issues following the model pioneered by Joliet in 2022.

Oaklee, a 16-month-old German shepherd, went for a run Tuesday. The dog ended up on Wonder Lake and gave the firefighters a good chase before heading to shore.

Damage to the building and contents from the fire at the Life Storage self-storage facility in Algonquin could reach $1 million, and how insurance typically works in such cases.

The lockport Township Fire Protection District is considering options for reducing noise at its proposed Crest Hill training facility after community expresses concerns.

The fire consumed the second floor and attic of an detached garage outside Woodstock but did not spread to the house.

The Crest Hill City Council held a work session with the Lockport Township Fire Protection District Monday to discuss plans for a future training facility for the department which could include facilities for police training, including a gun range.

The townhouse damaged in the fire is located at the recently developed Stonewater subdivision of Wonder Lake.

Two townhouses were left uninhabitable and two dogs were killed in an Algonquin fire on Thanksgiving.

Employees were able to evacuate and no firefighters were hurt.

One resident was at work when the blast happened and found his wife and kids at the local library.

The number of buildings damaged doubled since Monday, and two pet dogs were said to be in critical condition.

Here's the latest on the blast that damaged 10 structures and leveled a house in Woodstock Monday.

The pubic is invited to stop by the headquarters between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday. There will be activities and demonstrations.

Plainfield Fire Protection District responded to a reported house fire in the 2500 block of Lockner Blvd. early Monday morning.

Lockport Township Fire Protection District was dispatched at 4:22 a.m. Monday because a vehicle was found in a pond at Weslake Pkwy and Parkview Drive in Romeoville,

The Polo Fire Protection District held its annual spring breakfast fundraiser on April 30, 2023. The menu included biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage links, pancakes, coffee and orange juice. A total of 479 people were served, and $4,202.17 raised to go toward the purchase of new equipment for the fire district.

More than 700 people attended the Leaf River Firemen’s Pancake Supper, which took place the evening of Feb. 25. Leaf River firefighters and EMTs served pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, coffee and milk; the cost was a donation.

Jäger, a 7-month-old German shepherd, is getting trained as a search-and-rescue dog by Wonder Lake firefighter and paramedic Ginelle Hennessey. Once trained, the dog will be the first fire department search-and-rescue dog in McHenry County.

The Mt. Morris Fire Protection District is looking to construct a new home base, although personnel still are working on determining where it will be located.

Firefighters with East Joliet Fire Protection District responded to a fire to a residence in the southern part of Joliet.