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. In November of 2024, Harmon voters approved a referendum to annex into AFPD, therefore acquiring AFPD Station 2.

AFPD is staffed with approximately 50 paid members. 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. With the addition of Station 2, we now cover an additional 60 square miles with another population of 600 in the Harmon, IL area. AFPD operates with a fleet of 10 primary apparatus including 3 engines, 2 ambulances, 2 tankers, 1 rescue unit, 1 ATV's, and 3 EMS non-transport vehicles. 

We respond to approximately 500 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 (AFD) are interchangeably used for identification.