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.
In 2025, our team faced a significant challenge, responding to multiple calls 20% of the time. This means that 1 in 5 calls we answered was while we were already on another call.
As a result, there were 267 instances where someone in need of an ambulance had to wait for a Mutual Aid response. At one point, we had an ambulance coming from Boone County's Boone 2 Fire Department.
With almost every fire department in Winnebago and Boone County experiencing an increase in call volume this year, the demand for ambulances continues to grow while the number of available units decreases.
We appreciate your understanding as we work to meet the demands of our community.
I hope the tax payers understand the importance of funding the department to better serve their community. Thank you for all you do♡.
You all do a FANTASTIC job!!!!
Contract with private for backup! Rockford Ambulance, Metro Paramedic Services, Superior Ambulance, Elite and Northwest Rescue. Patients get charged for all ambulance calls anyway so setting up a backup seems reasonable without the huge expense of us having 2 and trying to man.
Certified EMT/FF here 👋 looking for work. Js 😅
Give them what they need especially if you're not willing to step up and join the department. Taxpayer logic- We should have ambulances for whatever, whenever. At the same time.. I don't want to pay a dollar more...work with what you got. Result- "why are we having to wait so long"??!!