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The Bloomingdale Fire Protection District has come a long way since its founding in 1905. It has included several transformations from a Fire Protection District to a Municipal Department and finally, as it is today, a Fire Protection District.

The first full-time Fire Fighters were hired in 1972. They were the Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief and a Fire Fighter.

The District is served by 53 full-time employees, 44 sworn personnel, 2 civilian fire inspector, 1 administrative assistant, 1 secretary, and 5, 911 operators. The District also utilizes 6 Paid-on-Call Fire Fighters.

The District covers approximately 19 square miles and serves over 40,000 residents. Communities protected include the Village of Bloomingdale, and portions of Addison, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Itasca, Medinah, Roselle and portions of unincorporated DuPage County.

The District responded to 4103 emergency calls in 2007. A breakdown of the calls shows 2959 calls for medical assistance and 1144 calls for structure fires, vehicle fires, outside fires, hazardous materials, and other rescue and service calls.

In 2000 the District has instituted a Dive Team. This specialty team handles a variety of water related incidents, including dive rescue, ice rescue, search and recovery. In January 2002 the District refurbished a retired Ambulance into the Districts water rescue vehicle. All work was completed in-house by District personnel.