MACOMB, IL -- This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters want to recognize and say THANK YOU to the great dispatchers we depend on at the Macomb/McDonough County Communications Center. Public Safety Dispatchers are an important part of emergency services; when there...
MACOMB, IL -- Daylight Saving Time starts at 2:00am on Sunday, March 11, 2018. Be sure to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when you change you clocks. Also, check the batteries in your weather radio. 30 seconds and 9 volts could...
MACOMB, IL -- Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters have activated their Santa Tracker. The Santa Tracker will track Santa as he is chauffeured on a fire truck in the Georgetown and Meadowbrook subdivisions. Santa will greet everyone and stop for photos. Firefighters will be collecting non-perishable food...
MACOMB, IL – Emmet – Chalmers Firefighters will be collecting items for families in need on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Starting at 1:00pm, the firefighters will be chauffeuring Santa Claus on their fire trucks as he visits the Georgetown and Meadowbrook subdivisions. Santa’s arrival will be...
MACOMB, IL - Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters wish everyone a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Cooking fires nearly double on Thanksgiving Day, occurring more than twice as often than on another day. Thanksgiving Day home fires cause more property damage and claim more lives than home fires...
MACOMB, IL -- The Emmet - Chalmers Firefighter's Pancake and Sausage Breakfast just started and runs until 1:00pm. Firefighters are serving pancakes, sausage, coffee and orange juice. The Pancake and Sausage Breakfast is a major fund raiser for the Emmet – Chalmers Firefighters. The money raised...
MACOMB, IL -- Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00am on Sunday, November 5, 2017. While setting clocks back an hour, take an extra few minutes to change the batteries and test your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms. Use the extra hour this Sunday to change...
MACOMB, IL -- Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters will be raffling off two bicycles at the Pancake and Sausage Breakfast on November 11. These two brand new bicycles were donated for the firefighters to raffle off for a fundraiser. Tickets: 1 for $5 / 5 for $20 Available...
MACOMB, IL -- Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters have announced their 15th annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast will be held Saturday, November 11, 2017. Firefighters will serve pancakes, whole-hog sausage, coffee and orange juice from 7:00am until 1:00pm. The Pancake and Sausage Breakfast is a major fund...
MACOMB, IL -- Emmet - Chalmers Firefighters, along with firefighters accross the country, will pay tribute to the lives of 75 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2016 and 20 firefighters who died in previous years during the 36th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial...