MACOMB, IL -- Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters are getting ready to help Santa Claus collect items for families in need. We'll be in Georgetown and Meadowbrook Saturday afternoon starting at 1:00pm. We'll be posting updates to Santa's progress on our website and Facebook page. See more details: https://www.ecfpd.org/2016/12/04/emmet-chalmers-firefighters-to-help-santa-claus-collect-for-families-in-need-2016/ See...
MACOMB, IL - Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters will be collecting items for families in need on Saturday, December 10. Starting at 1:00pm, the firefighters will be chauffeuring Santa Claus on their fire trucks as he visits the Georgetown and Meadowbrook subdivisions. Santa’s arrival will be announced...
MACOMB, IL -- The Emmet - Chalmers Firefighter's Pancake and Sausage Breakfast just started and runs until 1:00pm. Firefighters are serving pancakes, whole-hog sausage, coffee and orange juice. The Pancake and Sausage Breakfast is a major fund raiser for the Emmet – Chalmers Firefighters. The money...
MACOMB, IL — Fire Prevention Week – Day 5 Testing your smoke alarm Always maintain your smoke alarm according to the manufacturer's instructions! Mark your calendars to test your smoke alarm at least once a month using the test button. Smoke alarms with regular batteries need new batteries...
MACOMB, IL — Fire Prevention Week – Day 4 Installing your smoke alarm NFPA explains the first step is to choose smoke alarms that have a label of a recognized testing laboratory. Also, it is important to purchase alarms that are all from the same manufacturer, to...
MACOMB, IL — Fire Prevention Week – Day 3 Understand your smoke alarm! There are two types of smoke alarms - ionization and photoelectric. An ionization smoke alarm is quicker to warn about flaming fires. Photoelectric alarms are quicker to warn about smoldering fires. For the best protection,...
MACOMB, IL — Fire Prevention Week – Day 2 Smoke alarms save lives! If there is a fire in your home, smoke spreads fast and you need smoke alarms to give you time to get out. The NFPA tells us a closed door may slow the spread...
MACOMB, IL — Sunday, October 9, 2016 was the start of Fire Prevention Week. According to NFPA, only a small percentage of people know how old their smoke alarms are, or how often they need to be replaced. This year's Fire Prevention Week campaign, "Don't...
MACOMB, IL -- Join us in honoring the lives of 79 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2015 and 33 firefighters who died in previous years during the 35th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service on Sunday, October 9. The service begins at 9:00...