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(WAND) - The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal announced the recipients of the 2026 Small Equipment Grant Program.

A total of $6 million was awarded to 260 fire departments and districts and EMS providers.

The program was established to provide grants of up to $26,000 each for the purchase of small firefighting and ambulance equipment.

The OSFM received 355 applications, requesting around $8.1 million in funding for this grant period.

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
 
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