Facilities

Park Forest Fire Training Site - 55 N. Orchard Drive:

In 1960 the desing and construction of a Fire Department Training Site was begun to provide a facility where firefighters could be trained in actual fire fighting techniques.  The site for this facility was a section of park land located on North Orchard Drive.

The training site includes a two story smoke and burn facility designed to emulate on of the village's many cooperative or townhouse units.  It has four rooms on the upper floor with a balcony to the north and a three story stair tower to the south.  The first floor contains two rooms including the designated burn room at the front of the building.

The training site also contains its own three fire hydrant system that is separated from the Village's treated water system.  A hose training and waterball area form the north edge of the training ground, which also has a large circular roadway for apparatus evolutions.  A drafting pit for testing fire pumps is also located on the grounds.

The training site plays host to numerous training evolutions staged by our department and many of our neighboring communities.

NEW Park Forest Fire Station - 156 Indianwood Boulevard:

The construction of the NEW Park Forest Fire Station began in April of 2004 and on Thursday,  September 15, 2005, this building officially became the new home of the Park Forest Fire Department. 

This facility provides many new things including more office space, a large state-of-the-art training room with accommodations for 30 + students, a larger apparatus floor, more storage space and a designated front visitors entrance which our old station did not have.

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