Lincoln Fire Protection District

05/26/2026

🚨🚨The Lincoln Fire Protection District is excited to announce that we will be receiving $26,000 from the Office of State Fire Marshall’s Small Equipment Grant, this will be used to replace our Cascade Compressor that is used to fill our SCBAs. Thanks again for these grant to support our volunteers. 🚨🚨

05/25/2026

On this Memorial Day, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

05/20/2026

Mattoon Fire Department

At Tuesday night’s council meeting, several area first responders were recognized for their actions and their exceptional lifesaving efforts at a medical call on April 3, 2026, at the Stadium Grill 102 Dettro Drive. Several first responders from different agencies worked flawlessly together to save the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest.

The awards were presented by EMS Coordinator Mike Schwenke, and Paramedic instructor Lucas Ruholl. Assisting with the presentation of the awards was C**t Buckles, the man who went into cardiac arrest and was saved by the collaborative efforts of these first responders.

Presented with Awards and agency were:

Samantha Renfro- dispatcher Coles/Moultrie 911
Ryan Berkheimer- Charleston Fire Assistant Chief- off duty eating at the Stadium
Cody Lee- Illinois State Police Trooper- off duty eating at the Stadium
Jacob Matthews- Mattoon Firefighter/Paramedic
Jed Jones- Mattoon Firefighter/EMT
Barry Pullen- Mattoon Fire Captain/Paramedic
Zack Dye- Mattoon Fire Engineer/Paramedic
Aaron Creel- Mitchell-Jerdan Paramedic
Tasha Brown- Mitchell-Jerdan EMT

It was an honor to present this story to the members of the Mattoon City Council and recognize the outstanding professionalism of these individuals. What made this night even more special was having the cardiac arrest survivor C**t Buckles present to assist in presenting these awards.

Jeff Hilligoss
Fire Chief

04/22/2026

Last week, we had the opportunity to train on the Illinois Fire Service Institute's iPumps simulator. This tool gave us the opportunity to work through several scenarios as the truck engineer without using significant amounts of water.

04/20/2026

04/18/2026

A big shoutout and thank you to Corey, Lacy, and Will for quickly diagnosing and fixing the cause of a flat tire on one of our trucks this week, getting it back in service and ready to serve our community without significant downtime or expense.

04/16/2026

We want to send a big thank you to the hard-working dispatchers at Coles-Moultrie 911 - CECOM for all the work they do to serve our community during this National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week!

04/05/2026

03/31/2026

Congratulation to John Cumbee!! When you join Lincoln Fire Protection District. You never know where the skills and training may take you.

Even after 24 years in fire service, riding in the big red firetruck never lost its exhilarating feeling for the Cornbelt Fire Protection District 2025 Firefighter of the Year.