Fire Department
ESTABLISHED - OCTOBER 4, 1904
Full-time professional staff consisting of 45 members, including 40 sworn firefighters responding out of two fire stations. Our front line apparatus includes two ALS Engines, one Squad, two ALS Ambulances and one Incident Command Vehicle.
The department participates in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Division 3 as well as the Illinois Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Force 1. The MGFD is a member of the Regional Emergency Dispatch (RED) Center and the Northern IL Public Safety Training Academy (NIPSTA).
The department provides fire suppression, emergency medical services, extrication, fire prevention, code enforcement, public education, hazardous material response, technical rescue, fire investigation, water rescue and ice surface rescue. With auto aid and mutual aid agreements, our department provides outstanding service to Morton Grove and neighboring communities.

Headquaters - Station #4
6250 Lincoln Ave
Morton Grove, IL 60053

Station #5
8954 Shermer
Morton Grove, IL 60053
Office Hours:Â Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5pm
Emergencies
9-1-1
Non Emergencies
(847) 470-5226
Fax:Â (847) 965-7711
INCIDENTS | |||
Year | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Fire | 66 | 108 | 83 |
Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Rescue & Emergency Medical | 2626 | 2664 | 2262 |
Hazardous Condition – No Fire | 93 | 93 | 108 |
Service Call | 571 | 639 | 730 |
Good Intent Call | 489 | 475 | 478 |
False Alarm & False Call | 445 | 479 | 400 |
Severe Weather & Natural Disaster | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Special Incident | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 4,295 | 4,464 | 3,476 |