The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District is a United States public safety agency purposed to defend a portion of the
Vernon Township in the northeastern Illinois county of
Lake from fire. The
firefighting
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing or preventing the spread of unwanted fires from threatening human lives and destroying property and the environment. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter.
Firefighters typically ...
district is composed of three stations; one of these stations is located in the village of
Lincolnshire, while the others are in the adjacent villages of
Riverwoods and
Vernon Hills.
The fire protection district offers a number civilian services to the villages of Lincolnshire and Riverwoods, including surveys identifying how competent houses would be to fire and surveys to check the functionality of residents' fire detectors. They also offer CPR classes.
There are 36 sworn full-time Firefighter/Paramedics, five civilian workers, 1 Battalion Chiefs, 1 Deputy Chiefs, and one Fire Chief.
External links
Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District on the Lincolnshire website
Lake County, Illinois
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