AMBOY FIRE DEPARTMENT
PROTECTING | SERVING | CARING

1871 - Vigilant Fire Company
1873 - Amboy Fire Company 1
1922 - Amboy Fire Department
1944 - Amboy Fire Protection District 
2024 - Consolidated with Harmon FD

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 January of 2024, the AFPD signed a consolidation agreement with the Harmon Fire Department, 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 2 engines, 2 ambulances, 1 tanker, 1 rescue unit, 2 ATV's, and 2 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.

BOARD

Edwin Lilja, President
Joel Hochstatter, Secretary
William Shaw, Treasurer

Ashley Bryant, Administrative Assistant

OFFICERS

Jeff Bryant Sr., Fire Chief
Scott Wittenauer, Asst. Chief
Duane Dickison, Asst. Chief
Jason Ramos, Deputy Chief
Garrett Gerdes, Deputy Chief
Ken Hartman, Captain
Nate Shaw, Captain
Wes Shaw, EMS Director
Kim Stram, Assistant EMS Director
Tammy Bryant, Field Support Officer
Jeff Gerdes, Lieutenant
Buddy Bonnell, Lieutenant
Angel Dunn, Lieutenant
Demi Becker, Lieutenant
Anna Bryant, EMS Captain

Main Station
25 N East Ave.
Amboy, IL 61310

Station 2
102 W Main St.
Harmon, IL 61042