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Welcome to the Cary Fire Protection District's (CFPD) web site.

This web site is intended to provide information about the fire district and announcements on upcoming events. Cary is located in northern Illinois approximately forty-five (45) miles northwest of Chicago. CFPD is a separate entity from the Village of Cary which provides Fire, Rescue, and Advanced Life Support Ambulance Services. CFPD protects approximately thirty thousand (30,000) residents covering the entire Villages of Cary, Oakwood Hills, Trout Valley, and small portions of the Villages of Algonquin and Lake in the Hills.  In addition, CFPD also protects the surrounding unincorporated areas of McHenry and Lake Counties. CFPD staffs two (2) stations twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, three hundred sixty-five (365) days a year with a minimum of eight (8) personnel. Currently, CFPD utilizes Fifty-eight (58) part time/paid-on-call (POC) members and six (6) full time career members.  There are also two (2) civilian personnel, one (1) full time and one (1) part time. All members are trained through the Illinois Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) and through the McHenry Western Lake County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System. All personnel are required to achieve and maintain Certified Firefighter Level II and Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT) status. In addition to the 34 EMT's, there are 25 licensed Paramedics. In 2006, CFPD responded to 1,702 emergency incidents. In 2007, CFPD responeded to 1,787 emergency incidents.

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400 Cary-Algonquin Rd. Cary, Illinois 60013 Phone: 847.639.2121