Emergency
Medical Care and Transportation
The Zion Fire Rescue Department
currently serves over 25,000 residents in an approximate
10 square mile area. A major function of the Zion Fire Rescue
Department is to provide emergency medical treatment to those
persons in need
in the city and to transport such persons
when necessary, to a hospital. To ensure
this goal the Zion
Fire Rescue Department operates three shifts with 24 personnel.
Each shift has 8 personnel on duty, 4 at station one and
4 at station two. All of
these personnel are state certified
paramedics and affiliated with the North Lake County EMS system.
The Zion Fire Rescue Department
has three (3) MICU Ambulances all equipped to
run ALS, advanced
life support, emergencies. Each request for an ambulance
in the city receives a response of an MICU unit from the
responsible district with a duty crew of two paramedics.
If additional help is needed the ambulance can request
and
engine company, also consisting of two paramedics for assistance.
Our two (2) Pumpers, one (1) Quint are also ALS equipped
and with all our shift personnel being Certified Paramedics
they can respond on medical emergencies when needed. In addition,
the Zion Fire Rescue Department also participates in an automatic
response
program with the three fire departments that surround Zion.
The Quad One
response includes Beach Park Fire Department, Newport Fire
Department, and the Winthrop Harbor Fire Department. This
gives us immediate access to additional ambulances and EMS
personnel when needed.
For major emergencies the Zion Fire Rescue Department is
part of the statewide MABAS box alarm system that makes available
equipment and personnel from all departments in Lake County
as well as other counties in the state if needed.
The Zion Fire Rescue Department has two (2) Pumpers, one
(1) Quint with a 105 ft Ladder, one (1) Heavy Duty Squad
Truck, and three (3) MICU Ambulances. Each report of a fire
in the city receives a response of the duty crew personnel,
one (1) pumper, one (1) Quint and one (1) MICU unit. In addition
to our on duty personnel, our off duty personnel respond
to the stations when needed. These personnel
would then respond
to the call with one additional pumper, and the heavy-duty
squad truck as needed.
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