Fire Department
Fire Department
2729 Jackson Ave.
South Chicago Heights, IL 60411
708-755-9589
Fire Chief: Larry Nardoni
Larry Nardoni's career with the fire service began in Steger 1978 when he became an EMT. There he was promoted through the ranks to Captain. Larry joined the South Chicago Heights Fire Department in 1995 as a firefighter, where he worked his way up the rank of Lieutenant. Larry was then promoted to Assistant Fire Chief of South Chicago Heights in 2000. He is also the Fire Inspector for the Village of South Chicago Heights and has contributed to updating the Fire Prevention and Fire Ordinance Code. He developed a comprehensive training program and public education program. He has been certified as Firefighter III, Fire Officer I, Hazmat Operations, Technical Rescue Awareness, Vehicle/Machinery Operations, Fire Service Vehicle Operator, Instructor I & II, Statewide WMD Response: Unified Command, and NIMS 400. Larry and his wife Nancy have three children.
To contact the Fire Chief, you can email him at lnardoni@southchicagoheights.com.
On behalf of the South Chicago Heights Fire Department, we would like to welcome you to the Village Website. At this time I would like to tell you a little about your Fire Department. South Chicago Heights has (1) fire station. The department has (2) full-time contract fire fighters, 12 part-time fire fighters, and 26 paid on-call fire fighters. We run (1) fully equipped paramedic ambulance and (1) basic life support ambulance.
The goal of the Bureau of Fire Prevention is to prevent fires from starting and educate the citizens in fire safety. The Bureau offers home fire inspections which include smoke detector instructions. Please call us Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm to schedule an appointment.
Bureaus within the Fire Department:
EMS
South Chicago Heights Fire Department is a member of Will Grundy EMS. South Chicago Heights Fire Department has a contract with Kurtz Paramedic Services to provide one Paramedic and South Chicago Heights supplements with a EMT-B or EMT-P. If you have any questions in regards to service or billing, you can email Fire Chief Larry Nardoni at: lnardoni@southchicagoheights.com
Fire Prevention
South Chicago Heights Fire Department uses International Fire Code 2006, Life Safety 2006, NFPA. Inspections are done semi-annually. If you have any questions on code, inspections, or concerns, you can email Fire Chief Larry Nardoni at: lnardoni@southchicagoheights.com.
Public Education
We provide the following:
- Visit schools every year
- Community Groups
- Industrial Fire Training
- CPR classes
If you have any questions on public education, you can email Alex Nardoni at: anardoni@southchicagoheights.com.
Fire Safety:
What every member of the family should know about escaping a fire:
- Know all possible escape routes from each room of the house.
- Stay close to the floor, breath via a wet cloth, breathe short breaths.
- Don't open a door that is hot, feel it first!
- Keep doors and windows closed.
- Have a group meeting place established outside the house.
- Never re-enter a burning building.
- Call 911 as soon as you can.
REMEMBER - THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET OUT AND NEVER RE-ENTER A BURNING BUILDING!
Training
Every Tuesday night all year round, the South Chicago Heights Fire Department performs training at the station. Training is done with Still Alarms department and personal use with Prairie State College, Silver Cross Hospital, South Suburban Hospital, St. James Hospital, Ingalls Hospital and Illinois Fire Service Institute. If you have any questions on training, you can email Lieutenant Chad Vlietstra at: cvlietstra@southchicagoheights.com.
Department Memberships
The Village Fire Department are members of the following:
- International Fire Chiefs Association
- Illinois Fire Chiefs Association
- MABAS 27
- MABAS 24
- NFPA
- Illinois Fire Inspectors Association
