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 The Gurnee Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program was developed because of the need for a well-trained civilian emergency work force.  These team members will assist the village by becoming self-sufficient for the first 48 hours after a disaster when the scope of incidents has overwhelmed the conventional emergency services. 

The Village of Gurnee has established an Emergency Management Agency to coordinate preparedness, relief, response, and recovery activities for all emergency or disaster situations within the Village. The program has an Emergency Management Agency Coordinator, appointed by the Village Administrator with the approval of the Mayor and Village Board, who meets the program standards and requirements as established by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.

Print a Cutout of a Gurnee Fire Engine!
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Read about the Fire Department's activities for April 2010.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

GURNEE, IL – Fire Chief Fred N. Friedl III of the Gurnee Fire Department has successfully completed the process that awards him the professional designation of “Chief Fire Officer” (CFO). The Commission on Professional Credentialing met on March 9, 2010 to officially confer the re-designation upon Chief Friedl. Chief Friedl is one of only 680 CFO’s worldwide.

Congratulations to Mathurshan Vimalesvaran from Warren Township High School for his winning video "Crossfire."

Video: 

"Crossfire" produced by Mathurshan Vimalesvaran

Gurnee, IL – February 1, 2010 - The Department of Homeland Security has awarded the
Gurnee Fire Department (GFD) a $149,000 grant for the purchase of four Cardiac Monitor/Defibrillators and four Automatic External Defibrillators (AED’s) with monitoring capabilities. The grant was announced in the first round of the Fiscal Year 2009 Assistance to