The District serves portions of Darien, Woodridge and  unincorporated DuPage County.  Approximate District borders: North - Maple Avenue, South - I 55, East - Cass Avenue, West - I 355.

 

Personnel consists of 29 sworn, 25 part-time, 5 administrative, 5 elected trustees and 3 appointed commissioners.  Three facilities manned 24 hours per day.  Staffing is 13 personnel per shift maximum to a minimum of 11 personnel.

 

Approximately 2,600 annual emergency calls, 58% Emergency Medical Incidents, 42% Fire / Service Incidents. In-district average emergency incident response time is approximately 5 minutes.

 

Maintains 19 vehicles, 1 ladder truck with ALS equipment, 3 engines, 2 of which with ALS equipment for EMS calls, 1 rescue squad, 1 brush truck, 1 fire investigation unit, 1 Battalion Chief vehicle, 3 ALS ambulances, and 8 other support vehicles. One of the first in the region to provide advanced life support since 1979.

 

Insurance Service Office class 3 public grading

 

Received Residential Fire Institution Life Safety Achievement Awards for 6 years in recognition of no fire deaths and the Illinois Inspectors Awards every year for the past 10 years for fire prevention activity competition.

 

Nominated "Fire District of the Year" for two years by the Northern Illinois Alliance of Fire Protection Districts for its progressive and innovative approach to today's fire service.

Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District Incidents

 

2009	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEPT	OCT	NOV	DEC
FIRE	95	55	71	73	77
AMB	132	98	132	102	106
TOTAL	227	153	203	175	183

 

2008	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEPT	OCT	NOV	DEC
FIRE	120	103	71	87	79	112	95	79	80	81	83	125
AMB	147	147	150	120	128	134	134	117	133	121	116	133
TOTAL	267	250	221	207	207	246	229	196	213	202	196	258

Based on 2008 statistics:

 

	The Fire District responded to 2,693 incidents, involving 10,276 man-hours
	The 2,693 incidents required a total of 5,491 vehicle responses
	There were 7.37 calls per day
	There was one call every 3.25 hours
	There was one medical call every 5.71 hours
	There was one non-medical call every 7.55 hours
	The average length of time for all incidents was 47 minutes
	The average length of time for a medical call was 1 hour 3 minutes
	The average length of time for a non-medical call was 26 minutes
	Mutual aid was requested 236 times
	Mutual aid was provided 246 times
	The average response time for the first unit to arrive was 5 minutes 20 seconds
	The average response time for the second unit to arrive was 6 minutes 46 seconds
	Total fire loss was $375,750
	The total value of the property that was involved in the fires was $7,085,200. This equates to a “value saved” of 94.67%