Shirland Fire Department is an volunteer Fire Department that provides fire, rescue and EMS services to those within its district. It is also a participating Fire Department of MABAS Division 8. MABAS (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System) in partnership with IEMA (Illinois Emergency Management Agency) have established a statewide, non-discriminatory mutual aid response system for fire, EMS and specialized
incident operational teams. Sharing the effort are representatives from the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Department of Public Health - EMS Division and Illinois Fire Chiefs Association. The system defines a resource response plan to any location within the state when the Governor orders a Declaration of Disaster. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on January 16, 2001, a first in Illinois history. MABAS includes approximately 35,000 of Illinois’ 40,000 firefighters who staff emergency response units including more than 1,500 fire stations, 2,495 engine companies, 469 ladder trucks, 1,100 ambulances (mostly paramedic capable), 297 heavy rescue squads, and 788 water tenders. Fire/EMS reserve (back-up) units account for more than 1,000 additional emergency vehicles. MABAS also offers specialized operations teams for hazardous materials (42 teams), underwater rescue/recovery (26 teams), technical rescue (41 teams) and a state sponsored urban search and rescue team. An additional element of resource are the certified fire investigators which can be "packaged" as teams for larger incidents requiring complicated and time-consuming efforts for any single agency. For More information on MABAS
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The Fire Department Roster consists of approximately 20 Firefighters total. Of those 3 Instructor I, 8 Firefighter II, 5 EMT-I, 6 EMT-B, a radio operator. Fire Chief Deputy Chief , Chief EMS, 2 Captains and 3 Lieutenants. Members that make up this team are Air Line Pilots, retired full time Firefighter/EMT's ,Office Workers, Factory workers, Self employed, Farmers, Truck Drivers ,Mechanics , 911 Dispatchers's and Domestic Engineers (Home makers)
