Peoria Heights Volunteer Firefighter's Association

Peoria Heights Volunteer Firefighter's Association Proudly providing Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services for the Village of Peoria Heights

The Peoria Heights Volunteer Firefighter's Association is dedicated to the protection of life and property of all persons who live, work, visit, or travel through the Village. We accomplish this mission by providing professional service delivery in fire suppression, rescue, fire prevention and education, fire investigations, and emergency medical services as members of the Peoria Heights Fire Depa

rtment. We maintain a high standard of training and education, act and perform in a safe, courteous, and professional manner, sustain and reinforce a strong bond with our community, provide the highest level of customer service and interact professionally with surrounding area departments. As members of this department, we have chosen to be part of a team that takes pride in this mission through dedication and integrity.

05/23/2025
From our firefighters to your families, Happy New Year! We are honored to serve you since 1917 and will continue to prov...
01/01/2025

From our firefighters to your families, Happy New Year! We are honored to serve you since 1917 and will continue to provide our best possible service to both citizens and tourists within this amazing Village!

Happy New Year from the Peoria Heights Fire Department!

12/21/2024

Please see the attached media release for a residential house fire that occurred yesterday, the 20th of December, 2024, in the Longshore subdivision of Peoria Heights.

12/06/2024

Please see the attached media release for the 2-11 Residential Structure Fire that occurred yesterday at 4415 N California Ave.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this truly tragic incident.

12/03/2024

🚨Avoid the area!🚨

Crews are on scene of a working kitchen fire at 607 E Marietta. Please avoid the area and allow crews to work!

Make sure to come visit your Heights Firefighters this evening at Station 1! The doors will be open until we run out of ...
10/31/2024

Make sure to come visit your Heights Firefighters this evening at Station 1! The doors will be open until we run out of candy! We hope to see all of the amazing costumes today!

10/12/2024

Please see the attached media release in reference to a structure fire this morning the 12th of October, on Best St.

10/05/2024

Northwest winds will gust between 25 to 30 mph on Sunday behind a cold front. Relative humidity will drop as low as 20-25% by the afternoon, bringing elevated fire danger across central Illinois. Burning debris or carelessly discarding ci******es could lead to rapid fire spread. Farmers should use caution when running hot equipment through dry fields during harvest.

Come join our amazing team! We are honored to serve our wonderful community and would love to have you alongside us!
10/01/2024

Come join our amazing team! We are honored to serve our wonderful community and would love to have you alongside us!

Two of your Heights firefighters took the amazing opportunity to gain knowledge and better not only themselves but the c...
09/16/2024

Two of your Heights firefighters took the amazing opportunity to gain knowledge and better not only themselves but the community they serve. We are committed to protecting each and every citizen who resides and enters our village day in and day out!

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4901 N Prospect Road
Peoria Heights, IL
61616

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+13096862377

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The Peoria Heights Fire Department was originally chartered in 1917 to provide fire suppression services for the village. Over the years, the fire department has grown to now provide fire suppression response, fire prevention education, technical rescue response (vehicle accidents, elevator rescues), and emergency medical services to all citizens within the Village of Peoria Heights. The department runs approximately 850 calls per year, which on average equates to approximately 2.3 calls per day.

Our department consists of two fire stations (one above and one below Forest Park Hill, for those familiar with the area) that are staffed by trained volunteer personnel. The difference between our volunteer staffing versus the staffing of most career departments is that firefighters are not at the fire station 24 hours a day, but rather respond from their private residence to the fire station when emergencies occur. It takes a large amount of dedicated personnel to answer those calls, and we are continually recruiting new members in order to ensure that we have the staffing available to best protect the village.

The Peoria Heights Fire Department is rated as a “Class 4” agency by the Insurance Services Office, or ISO for short. ISO rates the fire suppression and fire prevention capabilities of communities against the recommendations of standards organizations like the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International. Based upon these standards, fire departments and fire protection districts are provided a rating that can (and usually does) directly correlate to the homeowners insurance rates or business property/casualty insurance offered in an area. These ratings range from Class 10 to Class 1, with Class 1 being the highest rating available. More information regarding ISO ratings can be found here.