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The South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District
is Dedicated to Service and Committed to Caring! The District's mission is to minimize the impact of life safety or property threats resulting from fire, emergency medical, or other hazardous conditions. These perils may include structure fires, vehicle accidents, hazardous conditions, industrial accidents, or specialized rescues. Our goal is to accomplish this mission through progressive personnel training; public education; comprehensive code enforcement; and utilizing our personnel, vehicles and equipment at a constant state of readiness. Thank you for visiting our website, please be patient with us as it is a work in progress. |
This year’s FPW campaign, “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere,” works to educate people about three basic but essential steps to take to reduce the likelihood of having a fire––and how to escape safely in the event of one! Click on the links below to learn more! LOOK for places fire could start LISTEN for the sound of the smoke alarm LEARN two ways out of every room |
Retired Fire Chief Bill Sohn leaving Station 21 after giving 42 years
of service to the South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection.
Thank you Bill, you will be missed!
of service to the South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection.
Thank you Bill, you will be missed!
ANNOUNCEMENT OF STEVEN W. WASCHER PROMOTION
Along with providing fire suppression, the district provides a full program of services including: advance life support ambulance, public education, fire prevention inspections, hazardous materials response, dive rescue and technical rescue. We currently provide these services to an area that is approximately 24 square miles with a rapidly growing residential population of roughly 26,000.
We strive to reduce the impact of fire, injury or emergency through available resources, training, preparedness, and personnel. Personnel consist of a combination of paid and paid-on-call firefighters. Personnel are certified at a minimum level of Firefighter II. All full time personnel are certified paramedics - nearly half of the paid-on-call firefighters are certified at the paramedic level. Full-time and paid-on-call members work side-by-side during duty shifts and during “callback” incidents.
We strive to reduce the impact of fire, injury or emergency through available resources, training, preparedness, and personnel. Personnel consist of a combination of paid and paid-on-call firefighters. Personnel are certified at a minimum level of Firefighter II. All full time personnel are certified paramedics - nearly half of the paid-on-call firefighters are certified at the paramedic level. Full-time and paid-on-call members work side-by-side during duty shifts and during “callback” incidents.
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CHIEF OFFICERS
Steven W. Wascher, Fire Chief Bert Lancaster, Assistant Chief Mike E. Rothecker, Assistant Chief |
TRUSTEES
Mary Van Winkle, President Ronald R. Bohlman, Secretary Jeffrey Speyers, Treasurer Jeffrey T. Theriault, Trustee Diana Cornelissen, Trustee |
COMMISSIONERS
Patrick Covey, Chairman Louis Oine, Commissioner Shane Hamilton, Commissioner |
Contact Us
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Station 21 Administrative Offices 150 W. State Street South Elgin, IL 60177 P: (847) 741-2141 F: (847) 741-2184 Station 22 Fire Prevention Bureau Office 2055 McDonald Road South Elgin, IL 60177 P: (847) 531-8641 F: ( 847) 531-8639 |