The Fire Department:
The Oak Brook Fire Department is responsible for providing Fire, Rescue, Special Rescue, and Emergency Medical services. The Department's goal is to provide superior rescue, emergency medical, and fire protection services that minimize life loss, injury, and property damage due to fire or accidents.

The Department consists of 35 full-time sworn personnel including the Fire Chief,a Deputy Chief, three Battalion Chiefs, and 30 firefighters and firefighter/paramedics.  They are supplemented by six full-time contract firefighter/paramedics, 10 paid-on-call firefighters, three part-time management  personnel (EMS Director, Fire Prevention Director, and Administrative Assistant), two full-time equivalent fire code inspectors, two part-time public education personnel, and two full-time civilian secretaries.  Emergency dispatching services are handled by the Village's Communications Center .

Overview of Services
Fighting fires is only one of the many services provided by the Oak Brook Fire Department. Today's firefighters wear many hats.  They are fire and injury prevention educators, technical rescue experts, fire/rescue training instructors, paramedics, and hazardous materials mitigators -  just to name a few.  For more information contact the Fire Chief at 630-368-5200.

The services we provide:

• Fire Fighting

• Emergency Paramedic Ambulance Service.  For more information see Ambulance Service page.

• Public Safety Education - Fire and Injury Prevention Education such as first-aid, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automatic external defibrillators) classes, fire extinguisher use, Freddie the Robot Fire Truck fire safety classes, EDITH classes (Exit Drills In The Home), disaster preparedness, courtesy home fire safety inspections and more. For more information see Public Safety Education page.

• Group Fire Station Tours

• Fire Code Inspections of all commercial occupancies For Fire Prevention and Alarm or Sprinkler permit information - see Fire Prevention page.

• Hazardous Materials Team

• Water Rescue, Dive Rescue, and Ice Water Rescue Team

• Technical Rescue Specialists Team:

  • High and Low Angle Rope Rescue

  • Automobile Extrication

  • Trench Rescue

  • Confined Space Rescue

• Disaster Planning and Management