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

 

2008	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEPT	OCT	NOV	DEC
FIRE	120	103	71
AMB	147	147	150
TOTAL	267	250	221