Fire District

Firefighters from several departments responded to a structure fire at 6727 W. Henry Road, southeast of Polo, around 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2025. At least one vehicle and a camper along with several items were lost in the garage fire. No injuries were reported. Crews responding included Polo, Mt. Morris, Sterling, Forreston, Oregon, Dixon Rural, EMS Advance, Milledgeville, Chadwick, Dixon City, and Franklin Grove.

Emergency crews in Will County held drills at Joliet West High School to practice and evaluate their response to a gas explosion incident Monday through Wednesday, March 24-26, 2025.

The Plainfield Fire Protection District responded to a fire at a vacant restaurant in the 24500 block of Lockport Street on Monday.

Fire crews responded to a house fire in Plainfield on Monday and saw flames coming from the roof of the garage of a two-story residence.

The fire and emergency training facility proposed by the Lockport Township Fire Protection District gained final plan approval from the Crest Hill Plan Commission on March 13.

The Lockport Township Fire Protection District extinguished a house fire in Crest Hill early Tuesday morning.

A garage in unincorporated Lockport Township was damaged by fire Saturday evening.

Greg Hunter received the award after being nominated by Oregon VFW Post No. 8739.

About 7:09 p.m. Friday night, the Lockport Township Fire Protection District responded to a fire alarm in the 900 block of East Ninth Street in Lockport.

Firefighters from eight departments battled a garage fire between Oregon and Ashton in frigid temperatures on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

The son of a Lockport Township Fire Protection District trustee has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that caused more than $150,000 in damage to a vacant home.

The Lockport Township Fire Protection District responded to a fire at a two-story house in the 20400 block of Kingsbrook Drive in Crest Hill on Monday.

Fourteen acres of land were burned Thursday afternoon in a Harvard-area brush fire, and some farming equipment was lost.

Oregon Fire Protection District's request for a zoning variance to expand its fire station in the city’s River Front Commercial District will not have a recommendation for approval when it goes to the City Council for a final decision.

Plainfield Township beta tested the Thriveworks program in 2023 and then increased its budget in 2024 for mental health services.

The Lockport Township Fire Protection District responded Friday night to a house fire in the 1600 block of Sunflower Court in Romeoville. Residents were able to get out safely.

Beginning Jan. 6, the station will implement daytime staffing for Fire and EMS incidents

The driver of a Jeep and her dog were rescued Sunday morning by emergency personnel after the Jeep left Interstate 57 and into a pond

The Plainfield Fire Protection District will again participate in the holiday fire safety campaign “Keep the Wreath Red” to raise awareness of fire safety during the holiday season.

The Lockport Township Fire Protection District is designating its stations as Toys for Tots drop-off locations this holiday season.

Mt. Morris Village Board members on Tuesday selected a company to demolish the second downtown building destroyed in a fire six months ago.

People from around Grundy County are working to provide donations for the family of Bill and Alex Tabler, who passed away in a fire early Sunday morning.

Lockport Township Fire Protection District and the Crest Hill Police Department are investigating the cause of a fire in the 1400 Block of Root Street in Crest Hill.

The Channahon Fire Protection District responded to a rollover crash on Front Street in Channahon on Sunday afternoon.

A firefighter was injured Sunday afternoon by farm equipment while responding to a 2.5-acre field fire about 3 miles south of Interstate 88 in rural Lee County.

Firefighters in New Lenox battled a fire at the Tri-Star Cabinets & Top Co. building. No injuries reported, cost of damages not yet assessed.

A retired Huntley Fire Protection District lieutenant who also spent many years with Woodstock Fire/Rescue has died.

About 5:50 p.m. Thursday, Lockport Township firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 200 block of Franklin Street, according to a news release from the Lockport Township Fire Protection District.

Justin Coltrain addressed the Mt. Morris Village Board during the public comment portion of its Tuesday meeting.

A Mt. Morris resident threatened to sue the village for removing “tens of thousands of dollars'” worth of tools from the site of an April 16 fire that destroyed Sharky’s Sports Bar and a next door building.

Plans by the Lockport Township Fire Protection District to construct a multi-purpose training facility in Crest Hill advanced Sept. 9, and will move to a final hearing before the Planning Commission.

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.