WELCOME TO NORTH PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT
The North Park Fire Department is a member of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Division 8 along with 23 other area fire departments, providing apparatus and personnel during large-scale emergencies.
The North Park Fire Department is comprised of approximately 50 personnel including one full-time fire chief, four full-time paramedics, a part-time administrative assistant, and a combination of part-time and volunteer firefighters and EMTs. The district is served by one centralized fire station housing a total of three front-line engines, one aerial truck, two squads, one utility vehicle, three command vehicles, two Advanced Life Support ambulances and one boat.
What will this proposed tax cost me? We understand no one likes taxes. However, in matters of public safety, we'll hope you'll make an exception.
Did you know for our current call volume, we tax considerably less than our peers? Our projected tax income for 2024 was $921,117. Cherry Valley Fire Protection District runs about the same call volume we do at a 2024 projected tax income of $3.4 million. Rockton Fire (with less calls) anticipated $1.96 million. (These figures do not include bond revenues, which fund large capital projects, are taxes that expire and do not fund our operations.)
We operate lean, but dollars can only be stretched so far.
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Do you know who provides your fire and EMS protection?
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Do you know if you're a resident of the fire district? Here is a map of our current district. We protect the southern portion of Machesney Park, as well as multiple areas that are rural Winnebago County that are not within the city limits of Loves Park or Rockford. More info coming soon to help you find out who provides your fire protection for your address.
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Crazy how districts work…….. I remember a place I worked years ago that we had to pass a municipal fire station that was 10-15 minutes closer depending on time of day than us to get to.
As I said it should be absorded by Harlem Rosce, Loves Park, and Rockford. With station on Harlem going to Harlem Roscoe.
Some of the fire districts should be closed and portions merged into close districts.