Maroa Fire Department

03/26/2026

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
76 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN
MACON MARSHALL MASON
MCLEAN MENARD PEORIA
SANGAMON SHELBY STARK
TAZEWELL WOODFORD

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

CHAMPAIGN COLES DOUGLAS
EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT
VERMILION

IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

CASS FULTON KNOX
MORGAN SCHUYLER SCOTT

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, BLOOMINGTON, CANTON,
CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EUREKA,
GALESBURG, HAVANA, JACKSONVILLE, LACON, LINCOLN, MATTOON,
MONTICELLO, NORMAL, PARIS, PEKIN, PEORIA, PETERSBURG, RUSHVILLE,
SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TOULON, TUSCOLA,
URBANA, AND WI******ER.

03/26/2026

Applications for this scholarship are due on April 1! If you know a senior going into a public service related field (listed on the website), reach out to them and have them apply!

The Larry Peasley Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a Maroa-Forsyth student of the graduating class who plans on going into a community service related field (fire service, police, medical, political science and education).

03/25/2026

Air Evac Lifeteam 182 - Macon County, IL is conducting a mock flight at the park so that is why you see a helicopter flying over town!

03/16/2026

We would like to congratulate these members for taking and passing their Emergency Medial Responder test last night. The EMR course was taught at our firehouse over the last 9 weeks.

Congratulations to FF Bruce Clifton, FF Danielle Tracey, FF Alicia Procarione, FF Faith Edwards, Cadet Amelia Lamb, Cadet Isaac Morthland, FF Jacob Ruthledge and Lieutenant Mike Hoffman

The Maroa Fire Department now has 2 Paramedics, 1 EMT-Basic and 17 EMRs!!

03/15/2026

***TORNADO WATCH ISSUED***
Pretty much the entire 95Q Listening Area is under a TORNADO WATCH until 10p.

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 54
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
345 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026

TORNADO WATCH 54 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ILC017-019-021-023-025-029-033-035-039-041-045-049-079-101-107-
113-115-125-129-137-139-147-159-167-171-173-179-183-203-
160300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0054.260315T2045Z-260316T0300Z/

IL ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CASS CHAMPAIGN CHRISTIAN
CLARK CLAY COLES
CRAWFORD CUMBERLAND DE WITT
DOUGLAS EDGAR EFFINGHAM
JASPER LAWRENCE LOGAN
MACON MASON MCLEAN
MENARD MORGAN MOULTRIE
PIATT RICHLAND SANGAMON
SCOTT SHELBY TAZEWELL
VERMILION WOODFORD
$$

ATTN...WFO...ILX...

03/15/2026

03/11/2026

5 AM Radar Update…..This line of storms has gusty winds, small hail and very heavy rain associated with it. Just had half inch hail outside of Bethany.