NOTICE

Pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/4:

The Prospect Heights Fire Protection District (PHFPD) is a special district unit of government organized pursuant to 70 ILCS 705/, the Fire Protection District Act. Since 1944 the PHFPD has provided fire suppression and prevention, emergency medical services, and related emergency services. With a staff of 20 full time and 18 approximately part time members trained as both firefighters and paramedics, we respond from two fire stations (10 E. Camp McDonald Rd. and 1275 N. Wolf Rd.) covering the city of Prospect Heights and unincorporated areas within Wheeling Township. We also provide mutual aid service to other fire departments in northern Cook County and Lake County. The total amount of its 2025 budget is $6,467,000.00.

Within the PHFPD, and independent of the board of trustees are the:

Board of Fire Commissioners;

Firefighters Pension Fund board of trustees;

Foreign Fire Insurance (tax) board of trustees.

None of these operate in an advisory capacity relative to the operation of the public body, or exercise control over its policies or procedures, or which the PHFPD is required to report and be answerable for its operations.

Freedom of Information Requests:

All public requests for information and/or records will be processed through the administrative offices of the District, located at 10 E. Camp McDonald Rd. Prospect Heights, IL 60070. 

Fire Chief Drew Smith and Deputy Fire Chief Kelly Cossman serve as the Freedom of Information Officers for the District. 

Requests shall be directed to a Freedom of Information Officer via email FOIA@phfire.com  The fire district does not accept verbal requests.

Under the FOIA 5 ILCS 140/3(c), requests must appear in the body of the electronic submission, in their entirety. The fire district is not required to open email attachments or click on hyperlinks in order to access the request.

The first 50 black and white copies are free.  Thereafter, each page will be charged $ .15 per page.  Electronic, color or oversized copies will be charged at the actual cost to the District of reproduction.  Fire and ambulance report requests are assessed a flat fee of $5.00 per document.

For any additional information, the administrative office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  The telephone number is (847) 253-8060

A list of records, storage format, and whether they are immediately disclosable upon request is located on our website phfire.com