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Retiring Decatur Fire Chief shares legacy after 30 years in the department
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Retiring Decatur Fire Chief shares legacy after 30 years in the department

  • WAND Digital Team, Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated Feb 16, 2025

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Decatur Fire Chief Jeff Abbott announced Monday that he will be retiring in March after serving 30 years in the department.

Fire departments share how cold temperatures make fires harder to tackle
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Fire departments share how cold temperatures make fires harder to tackle

  • Olivianna Calmes
  • Updated Jan 25, 2022

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WAND) - Central Illinois fire stations are facing staff shortages, making tackling fires in the cold winter temperatures eve…

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Decatur fire responds to 3 suspicious fires overnight, one home caught fire twice
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Decatur fire responds to 3 suspicious fires overnight, one home caught fire twice

  • Updated Oct 1, 2021

DECATUR, ILL. (WAND) - The Decatur fire department responded to three  overnight fires Friday morning utilizing all trucks and on-duty fire pe…

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11 residents displaced after fire torches cars, damages apartment complex
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11 residents displaced after fire torches cars, damages apartment complex

  • Updated Aug 6, 2021

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Several cars are in ruins after a fire tore through a Decatur carport.

'Just a motherly thing': Decatur woman shares her attempt to rescue two children from burning home
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'Just a motherly thing': Decatur woman shares her attempt to rescue two children from burning home

  • Chris Carter
  • Updated Nov 29, 2020

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – Neighbors in Decatur’s near Westside risked their lives Sunday afternoon to try and save two children from a burning ap…

Over 3,000 false alarm calls placed in 2018
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Over 3,000 false alarm calls placed in 2018

  • Updated Feb 7, 2019

City of Decatur spent $80,000 on false alarm calls in 2018

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