SPRINGFIELD – The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced today the recipients of the 2026 Small Equipment Grant Program. A total of $6 million was awarded to 260 fire departments/districts and EMS providers across the state. The program was established to provide grants of up to $26,000 each for the purchase of small firefighting and ambulance equipment.
“It is essential that our first responders have the funding and equipment they need to serve their communities,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “I am proud to support our brave firefighters and EMS providers, and this state program helps deliver vital resources to emergency service departments across Illinois.”
This program is an innovative approach to a problem that has long caused difficulties for fire departments and not-for profit ambulance services in Illinois, particularly those that have hardships in generating the necessary revenue for small equipment. The purpose is to allow eligible applicants the opportunity to purchase small equipment that they may otherwise not be able to purchase. The OSFM received 355 applications, requesting around $8.1 million in funding for this grant period.
“The Small Equipment Grant Program is a vital resource that helps fire departments and EMS providers acquire essential tools and equipment they might otherwise be unable to afford,” said Illinois State Fire Marshal Michele Pankow. “As we travel throughout Illinois, we consistently hear about the challenges departments face and the critical needs that exist in their communities. The OSFM remains committed to supporting our first responders by investing in programs like this that strengthen their capabilities, enhance public safety, and ensure they have the resources needed to serve and protect the people of Illinois.”
Most Illinois fire departments, fire protections districts, township fire departments, and stand-alone, nonprofit ambulance service providers were eligible to apply. All fire departments, fire protections districts and township fire department applicants were required to participate in the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS) for a minimum of two years prior to applying.
Grant recipients and awards are listed below:
Adams:
Tri-Township Fire Protection District $26,000
Payson Fall Creek Fire Protection District $24,689
Mendon Volunteer Fire Protection District $26,000
Bond:
Keyesport Fire Protection District $25,953.79
Boone:
Belvidere Fire Department $20,180
Bureau:
Cherry Fire Protection District $25,700
Calhoun:
North Calhoun Fire Protection District $25,961.88
Calhoun Ambulance $17,275.99
Carroll:
Savanna Community Ambulance $24,647.45
Champaign:
St. Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection District $26,000
Edge-Scott Fire Protection District $12,715
Sangamon Valley Fire Protection District $13,935.90
Cornbelt Fire Protection District $26,000
Tolono Fire Protection District $25,760
Broadlands Longview Fire Protection District $26,000
Eastern Prairie Fire Department $26,000
Christian:
Midland Fire Protection District $26,000
Clinton:
Aviston Fire Protection District $20,249.76
Clin-Clair Fire District $25,096
Sugar Creek Ambulance Service $18,657.85
Santa Fe Fire Protection District $26,000
Hoffman Fire Protection District $23,853.14
Coles:
Lincoln Fire Protection District $26,000
Ashmore Fire Protection District $25,953
Mattoon Fire Department $25,320
Cook:
River Forest Fire Department $5,089
Thornton Fire Department $22,525.23
Lyons Fire Department $22,424.75
Leyden Fire Protection District $25,000
Village of Hillside $25,950
Norwood Park Fire Protection District $26,000
Maywood Fire Department $14,955
Roberts Park Fire Protection District $10,629.76
Village of Glencoe $25,860
Inverness Fire Department $8,804.40
Village of Crestwood $396
Alsip Fire Department $18,577
Village of Wilmette $17,212.84
Harvey Fire Department $25,599.20
Village of Sauk Village $26,000
Village of Rosemont $23,368
Village of Chicago Ridge $25,002.92
Village of Franklin Park $25,225
Garden Homes Fire Department $25,742
Berwyn Fire Department $16,490
Central Stickney Fire Protection District $18,531
Village of South Chicago Heights $26,000
Village of Midlothian $24,373.67
Village of Streamwood $22,904.70
Village of North Riverside $26,000
Forest Park Fire Department $21,336.19
North Maine Fire Protection District $26,000
Schiller Park Fire Department $23,655.55
Village of Broadview $26,000
Skokie Fire Department $26,000
North Palos Fire Protection District $25,713.72
Cook/DuPage:
Bartlett Fire Protection District $17,645.97
Crawford:
LaMotte Fire Protection District $25,825.62
DeKalb:
Somonauk Fire Department $26,000
Cortland Community Fire Protection District $26,000
Malta Fire Protection District $22,214.61
Douglas:
Tuscola Fire Department $26,000
DuPage:
Village of Oak Brook Fire Department $21,760
Carol Stream Fire District $24,816
Tri-State Fire Protection District $21,774
Addison Fire Protection District $24,835
Clarendon Hills Fire Department $18,900
York Center Fire Protection District $19,084
Darien-Woodridge Fire District $17,000
Bensenville Fire Protection District #2 $26,000
Wood Dale Fire Protection District #1 $20,000
West Chicago Fire Protection District $15,975
Edgar:
Kansas Fire Protection District $24,610
Chrisman Fire Protection District $26,000
Edwards:
Village of West Salem $26,000
Effingham:
Montrose Fire Protection District $24,750
Fayette:
St. Peter Fire Protection District $25,213
Franklin:
Benton Fire Department $25,985
Coello Volunteer Fire Department $26,000
City of Zeigler $26,000
Cave Eastern Fire Protection District $26,000
Gallatin:
Equality Fire Department $26,000
Shawneetown Fire Department $26,000
Village of New Haven Fire Department $25,544.40
Greene:
Greenfield Fire Protection District $26,000
White Hall Fire Protection District $26,000
Roodhouse Fire Protection District $25,964.41
Carrollton Fire Protection District $26,000
Grundy:
Morris Fire Protection and Ambulance District $26,000
Braceville Fire Protection District $24,961
Coal City Fire Protection District $23,945
Hancock/Henderson:
Dallas Rural Fire Protection District $25,363.80
Hardin:
Village of Elizabethtown $25,760
Henderson:
Oquawka Fire Protection District $26,000
Henry:
Kewanee Community Fire Protection District $26,000
Iroquois:
Sheldon Fire Protection District $26,000
Martinton Fire Protection District $23,625
Jackson:
Makanda Township Fire Department $26,000
Village of Elkville $26,000
Village of Dowell $26,000
Village of Gorham Fire Department $17,669.75
Jasper:
Wade Community Fire Protection District $17,089
Jefferson:
Waltonville Fire Protection District $21,998.10
Jefferson Fire Protection District $26,000
City of Mt. Vernon $26,000
Woodlawn Fire Protection District $24,615.54
Jersey:
Jerseyville Volunteer Fire Department $25,855
QEM Fire Protection District $17,378.98
Jo Daviess:
Hanover Volunteer Fire Department $16,070.76
City of East Dubuque Fire Department $6,755.97
Johnson:
Cypress Fire Department $26,000
Goreville Fire Department $26,000
Kane:
St. Charles Fire Department $26,000
Hampshire Fire Protection District $26,000
Elgin Fire Department $26,000
Batavia Fire Department $21,206.06
South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District $21,774
East Dundee & Countryside Fire Protection District $21,820
Kaneville Fire Protection District $17,670
Sugar Grove Fire Protection District $25,035
Pinegree Grove & Countryside Fire Protection District $24,000
Rutland & Dundee Townships Fire Protection District $23,644.64
Kankakee:
St. Anne Fire Protection District $26,000
Kankakee Fire Department $26,000
Manteno Community Fire Protection District $26,000
Kendall:
Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District $16,173
Oswego Fire Protection District $19,100.51
Newark Fire Protection District $21,037.66
Knox:
Altona Fire Protection District $23,445
Rio Fire Protection District $25,989
Maquon Fire Protection District $18,832.75
Lake:
First Fire Protection District of Antioch $25,000
Highland Park Fire Department $24,619
Countryside Fire Protection District $26,000
Deerfield Bannockburn Fire Protection District $21,985
Lake Bluff Fire Protection District $12,000
Village of Lake Zurich $16,000
City of Waukegan $25,607.96
LaSalle:
Naplate Fire Department $26,000
Utica Community Fire Protection District $26,000
Tonica Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. $18,800
Sheridan Community Fire Protection District $20,160
Oglesby Fire Department $24,000
Grand Ridge Volunteer Fire Department $20,000
Lawrence:
Lawrence Allison Fire Protection District $25,968.46
Lawrence County Ambulance Service $26,000
Bridgeport Fire Protection District $26,000
Livingston:
Cullom Fire Protection District $26,000
Pontiac Fire Department $24,925
Reading Fire Protection District $18,043.95
Chatsworth Fire Protection District $23,638
City of Fairbury $22,209.80
Livingston/Grundy:
Dwight Fire Protection District $23,715
Macon:
City of Decatur $24,850
Argenta-Oreana Fire Department $4,945
Maroa Countryside Fire Protection District $26,000
Macoupin:
Virden Fire Protection District $25,095
Mt. Olive Fire Protection District $25,294.51
Bunker Hill Fire District $26,000
Madison:
City of Highland $26,000
Village of East Alton Fire Department $14,634
Olive Fire Protection District $19,599
Alton Fire Department $18,452
Granite City Fire Department $25,988.38
Long Lake Volunteer Fire Department $25,827.48
Marine Community Fire Protection District $26,000
Roxana Fire Department $26,000
Village of Maryville $26,000
Meadowbrook Fire Department $20,046.92
Hamel Fire Protection District $25,000
City of Wood River $25,000
Godfrey Fire Protection District $20,260
St. Jacob Township Fire Protection District $11,955.43
Glen Carbon Fire Protection District $23,622
Troy Fire Protection District $25,272.56
Village of Bethalto Fire Department $16,244
Marion:
Kell Community Fire Protection District $26,000
Odin Fire District $18,500
Mason:
Bath Fire Protection District $24,385
Kilbourne Fire Protection District $22,905.40
Massac:
Joppa Fire Department $26,000
Metropolis Fire Department $17,355.24
McDonough:
Good Hope-Sciota Fire Protection District $26,000
McHenry:
Algonquin-Lake in the Hill Fire Protection District $19,029.80
Union Fire Protection District $14,466.92
McHenry/Kane:
Huntley Fire Protection District $26,000
McLean:
Ellsworth Fire Protection District $21,275
Lexington Fire Protection District $22,446.34
Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District $25,080
Monroe:
Monroe County Ambulance $18,000
Maeystown Fire Department $8,030.95
Valmeyer Fire Protection District $25,000
Montgomery:
Hillsboro Fire Department $25,650
Raymond Community Fire Protection District $24,800
Morgan:
Waverly Fire Protection District $25,389
Moultrie:
Sullivan Fire Protection District $20,504.34
Bethany Fire & Ambulance Protection District $26,000
Ogle:
Rochelle Fire Department $24,400
Mt. Morris Fire Protection District $23,850
Peoria:
Peoria Heights Fire Department $26,000
West Peoria Fire Protection District $25,238
Dunlap Community Fire Protection District $21,980
Pike:
Spring Creek Fire Protection District $26,000
Griggsville Fire Department $26,000
Randolph:
Village of Steeleville $18,919.99
Ellis Grove Volunteer Fire Department $24,800
Rock Island:
Rapids City Fire Protection District $9,035
City of East Moline $26,000
Saline:
City of Harrisburg $26,000
Schuyler:
Village of Browning $25,932
Shelby:
Findlay Fire Protection District $26,000
St. Clair:
O’Fallon Fire Department $26,000
Fairview Caseyville Township Fire Protection District $24,000
Village of Sauget $20,335
Prairie Du Pont Fire Department $26,000
Village of Fairmont City $26,000
New Athens Fire Protection District $25,913.86
Cahokia Volunteer Fire Department $25,999.72
Stephenson:
Freeport Fire Department $26,000
Tazewell:
Washington Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad Inc. $26,000
Tremont 702 Rescue Squad $23,898.35
Mackinaw Fire Protection District $14,595
Schaeferville Fire Protection District $25,971
Cincinnati Fire Protection District $26,000
Union:
Village of Alto Pass $19,315.90
City of Jonesboro $26,000
Vermilion:
Oakwood Emergency Rescue $15,000
City of Hoopeston $10,000
Westville Area Fire Protection District $26,000
Wabash:
Mount Carmel Fire Department $25,977.44
Warren:
Monmouth Fire Department $17,285
Central Warren County Fire Protection District $24,970
Washington:
Washington County Ambulance $26,000
Addieville Community Fire Protection District $25,729
Wayne:
Bedford Township Fire Protection District $26,000
White:
White County Ambulance $25,868.17
Norris City Fire Protection District $19,200
City of Carmi $11,298.86
Whiteside:
Prophetstown Fire Protection District $26,000
Will:
Channahon Fire Protection District $18,599.98
Plainfield Fire Protection District $23,580
Village of Bolingbrook Fire Department $12,825
University Park Fire Department $25,897
Northwest Homer Fire Protection District $23,177.27
Beecher Fire Protection District $26,000
Crete Township Fire Protection District $17,429.34
Crete Fire Department $25,160
Will/Kendall:
Joliet Fire Department $26,000
Williamson:
City of Herrin $26,000
Energy Volunteer Fire Department $6,000
Hurst Fire Department $26,000
Marion Fire Department $26,000
Lake Egypt Fire Protection District $26,000
Winnebago:
Loves Park Fire Department $17,670
Northwest Fire Protection District $23,000
Win-Ber-Sew Fire Protection District $21,851
Cherry Valley Fire Protection District $26,000
North Park Fire Protection District $26,000
Woodford:
Germantown Hills Fire Protection District $26,000
Village of Metamora $12,790
