Firegeezer.com has an article about the Gardner Fire Protection District in Grundy County being shutdown by a judge.
THE GARDNER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT in Gardner, Illinois, is no more after a Grundy County judge ordered them to cease operations. The Gardner Fire Protection District is responsible for providing fire and ems services to a large area and had been contracting fire and ambulance service to the GVFD to cover the town and immediate area.
Last week the judge ordered the sheriff to seize all the property of the VFD and return it to the FPD. On Monday a moving crew showed up at the firehouse and removed all the property including the emergency vehicles, furnishings, fire equipment, running gear, etc. Everything except the real estate was transferred over to the FPD.
Despite the volunteer’s claim that it will now take ten minutes for a fire engine to arrive, the fire protection district had already prepared to maintain coverage in the town by transferring fire apparatus and an ambulance from other areas into a temporary facility set up at the town hall. Many of the Gardner volunteers have been accepted onto the rolls of the district.
Read the entire article HERE which includes a video from WBBM-TV Ch. 2 Chicago.
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#1 by Keith Grzadziel on September 17, 2012 - 6:07 PM
Does anyone know what the current status of the Gardner Fire Department is, in regards to staffing and where they’re responding from? There hasn’t been any follow-up comments here or news coverage.
#2 by Martin on June 29, 2012 - 12:13 AM
FFPM571, I agree with you about Facebook. I’m going to straight out call it, I don’t like Tod.
#3 by Keith Grzadziel on June 28, 2012 - 11:01 AM
Chris, according to the Gardner VFD website, the Gardner FPD has been around since 1967 as voted on by its residents to cover the areas outside of the village. It was a paper district that contracted services to the volunteer department, but now seems to be assuming all operations.
#4 by chris r on June 28, 2012 - 10:34 AM
I never knew there was a GARDENER fpd and how long have they been around .
#5 by FFPM571 on June 28, 2012 - 9:02 AM
Its political, but the District is within their rights to use the Courts to enforce the law. Unlike what is being posted on other social media( aka Facebook) by a photographer who is stirring the pot, there is fire and ambulance coverage in the town and calls are being answered as normal.