Fire District Information

The fire and emergency medical service for the Village of Barrington Hills is by special units of local government know as fire districts. Five such districts cover specific geographies of the Village and visual evidence of their existence is the green or red and even orange signs along the driveways of the Village. One can also find then name of the fire district listed on the property tax bill.

While it is not necessary for a request for service to know which district the need is occurring, that is established by the 911 technology, the drive way signs validate the service location. If you are interested in learning more about the districts that serve Barrington Hills, please follow the links to their Web page.

	Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District Contact Information: 1020 W Algonquin Rd Lake In The Hills, IL 60156 Phone: (847) 658-8233 Website: www.alfpd.org/
	Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District Contact Information: Station #3 - Headquarters 22N222 N. Pepper Rd. Lake Barrington, IL 60010 Phone:(847) 304-3600 Website: www.bcfpd.org
	Carpentersville and Countryside Fire Protection District Contact Information: 213 Spring Street Carpentersville, IL 60110 Phone: (847) 426-2131 TDD: (847) 426-8677 Website: www.vil.carpentersville.il.us/fire.htm
	East Dundee and Countryside Fire Protection District Contact Information: 115 E. Third Street  East Dundee, Illinois 60118 Phone: (847) 426-7521 Website: www.edfire.com
	Fox River Grove Fire Protection District Contact Information: 411 Algonquin Rd. Fox River Grove, IL. 60021 Phone: (847) 639-9232 Website: www.foxrivergrovefire.com

In an Emergency dial 911.

Please note that Enhanced 911 (E911) services, which provide public safety officials your location during a 911 call whether wireline or wireless, are not available everywhere and at all times. E911 availability is dependent on many factors, including the ability of particular local public safety agencies to receive and process location information, the capabilities of your equipment, and even environmental factors, i.e. power outages affect the delivery of services.

When making a 911 call, please be expected to provide a location, remain on the line if it is safe to do so and assist the call taker, with information about the emergency. If you call 9-1-1 by mistake, do not hang up. Tell the call taker what happened so he or she knows there really isn't an emergency.

If you are interested in more information about the 911 service see www.nena.org.

Be Aware of Broadband Telephone and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Possible Limitations

You should also know that if you are considering replacing your traditional landline service with such new technology referred to as Broadband telephony, or voice over internet protocol (VoIP) that 911 calls are handled differently and under certain circumstances may not connect to the 911 call taker or Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). While the FCC is working with NENA and other involved entities on resolving this service inconsistency, please acquaint yourself with the issue by visiting the consumer alert.

But most importantly obtain a clear understanding of such limitations, if any, of your 911 service, whether landline or wireless by asking your service provider for an explanation. They owe it to you by law, you owe it to your family for their safety.