Amboy Fire Department

The Amboy Fire Protection District (AFPD) is a rural fire department providing fire, rescue, and emergency medical services to a year-round population of 8,000 with 2,333 in the City of Amboy and an estimated 5,667 in the rural area of the district. The district has a seasonal population peak of over 50,000 during the summer months from multiple area campgrounds.

AFPD is staffed with 40+ volunteers who operate out of a single fire station. The district encompasses 298 square miles, 120 of which is a tax-supported fire district and the remaining 178 square miles contracts for emergency medical services. AFPD operates with a fleet of 10 primary apparatus including 2 engines, 2 ambulances, 1 tanker, 1 rescue unit, 2 ATV's, and 2 EMS non-transport vehicles. 

We respond to around 400 emergency incidents each year.

AFPD provides auto-aid on fires and vehicle accidents to West Brooklyn, Harmon, Ohio, and Sublette Fire Protection Districts along with auto-aid EMS transport services for Ohio and West Brooklyn. AFPD also provides mutual aid to Dixon City, Dixon Rural, Ashton, Franklin Grove, Harmon, Sublette, Advance EMS, and Compton. AFPD is a member of Mutual Aid Box Alarm System 38.

AFPD and Amboy Fire Department are interchangeably used for identification.