FIRE DEPARTMENT

The primary mission of the Carpentersville Fire Department is to provide a range of programs designed to protect the lives and property of the citizens of the Village of Carpentersville and the residents of rural areas included within the described response area from adverse effects of fires, sudden medical emergencies, or exposures to dangerous conditions created by either man or nature.

The Fire Department provides fire and emergency medical services to the residents of the Village, as well as the surrounding Carpentersville and Countryside Fire Protection District. The department provides several other services, which include but are not limited to CPR training, fire prevention, fire investigation, public education, specialized rescue which includes:  confined space, trench rescue, high angle, hazardous materials, water and ice rescue, and building collapse.  In 2009, the department responded to just over 3400 calls for service. This response is operated out of three fire stations. The east side station, station #2, was closed from September 2009 until May 2010 for renovation. The East and West side stations house a front line fast attack fire engine and an advanced life support ambulance and are staffed with a crew of four. The headquarters station, located in the old town section, houses the same front line engine and ambulance as the others but also has a 100’ tower ladder.  The stations are staffed with a crew of four.

2009/2010 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1. Continued to provide an average response time to any call for service within four (4) minutes ten (10) seconds. (Response time affected by the closing of station #2 for renovation. From September 2009 until May 2010, average response times increased to just less than five minutes).
2. Full-time training officer position was able to address the many complex requirements of training and its records within the department. (This position is becoming vacant due to budget reductions.)
3. Developed specifications and drawings for the renovation and addition to fire station #2. Construction started in September 2009 and is scheduled to be completed in May 2010. This renovation will provide adequate living quarters as well as offices and storage for the east side station.

2010/2011 OBJECTIVES

1. Determine innovative ways to provide fire safety and public education with reduced funding for these programs.
2. Work to obtain funding to provide staffing levels that allow five firefighters in each station to staff a three-man engine crew and a two-man ambulance crew.
3. Locate, confine and extinguish fires, thereby, conserving life and property with the resources available to the department.
4. Continue to work with neighboring departments in the development and implementation of agreements for aid in fires beyond the department’s control.
5. Continue to provide the highest level of care to the ill and injured, while maintaining EMS certification with the Illinois Department of Public Health.
6. The emergency medical service will continue to provide the community with the most comprehensive emergency medical services possible and provide appropriate numbers of trained paramedics and additional support staff on every call. The minimum ambulance crew should consist of no less than one paramedic and one emergency medical technician.
7. Provide the highest degree of fire loss control through inspections, public education and fire investigations. Each business within the department’s response area shall be inspected at least once annually, and depending on the property classification, it may be inspected as often as once a month.
8. The department will continue to test all ladders, fire hose, self contained breathing apparatus and fire pumps as required and document such testing.
9. The administration of the department will conduct annual evaluations of all department employees, which will include physical ability and provide feedback as to what areas need attention and/or improvement.
10. The department will continue to provide medical exams for all employees as outlined by the National Fire Protection Association.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

PERSONNEL SCHEDULE
	Actual 2008/2009	Actual 2009/2010	Budgeted 2010/2011	Projected 2014/2015
Full-Time	42	42	40	46
Part-Time	45	45	40	45

2010/2011 Fiscal Year Budget

More information about the Fire Department

Contact Information:

John Schuldt, Fire Chief
E-Mail: jaschuldt@vil.carpentersville.il.us

Marla Shepley , Executive Assistant
E-Mail: mshepley@vil.carpentersville.il.us

Fire Station #1
213 Spring Street
Phone: 847-426-2131
Station Fax: 847-844-1485
Administrative Fax: 847-426-3853
TDD: 847-426-8677

Fire Station #2
305 Lake Marian Road
Phone: 847-426-2914
Fax: 847-426-1071
(Fire Prevention Offices)

Fire Station #3
5000 Sleepy Hollow Road
Phone: 847-783-0500
Fax: 847-783-0484

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CALL 911