The Richmond Fire Protection District provides 24 hour per day, 7 days per week fire protection and Advanced Life Support EMS emergency care for the residents of the Village of Richmond and surrounding Richmond Township area.

Richmond Fire is a combination department.  This means that we have full-time employees, Paid-on-Premise employees (who work in-station shifts) and Paid-on-Call employees (who respond to the station when there is an emergency. ) The fire station is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days per week with fulltime and paid-on-premise personnel.  Richmond is a member of MABAS Division 5 and has an ISO rating of 6 within the village limits and 8 in surrounding rural areas.

If you have a medical emergency, we urge you to immediately call 9-1-1.  Residents of the Richmond Township Fire Protection District are not charged for EMS (ambulance) service.  EMS service is already covered in taxes paid to the district by its residents. We are the only fire department in McHenry County who does not charge their residents for ambulance service.

The department currently has a combined roster of 40 personnel.  If you are a district resident and would like to join our team, become a Firefighter / EMT and help your community, applications are reviewed in May of each year for the next recruit class that begins in July.  Download this application, following the instructions very carefully and return it to the Chief before May 1st.  We'll take it from there!

Other Services Offered by Richmond Fire include the following:

• Fire Prevention Bureau
• CPR / First Aid
• Kids - Uh-Oh's
• Child Car Seat Inspections
• C.E.R.T.
• Address Signs
• Station Tours
• After the Fire
• Just for Kids