Mount Prospect became the primary emergency service provider of the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District earlier this year. The Village of Mount Prospect worked with the district since 2016 to develop a permanent solution to provide residents and business owners in unincorporated Elk Grove Township fire and EMS protection. With this service agreement comes a newly acquired fire station at 1415 Algonquin Road, serving the southernmost areas of our Village as well as the unincorporated areas along I-90, formerly known as the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District.

Station 11 will be staffed with a lieutenant and four firefighters, all five being licensed paramedics like our other three stations. What will be unique to Station 11 is the 2000-gallon tanker truck. Tender 11 is a mobile water source built to quickly provide water for fire suppression to the unincorporated areas currently without fire hydrants. 

The new station will improve overall response times to the entire Village and cut our requests for help from other fire departments by over 50%.  With increasing call volume and dissolution of the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District, early last year we hired six additional firefighters and purchased a fourth frontline ambulance. This enabled us to place a second ambulance in service south of the railroad tracks. South Mount Prospect is home to our most densely populated areas and has consistently generated the most calls for service for the last several decades. Fire Station 11 allows the department to transition from a 3-district to a 4-district response, evenly distributing call volume and improving response times through the community.

Fire Chief John Dolan and Deputy Fire Chief Tom Wang presented the Department’s new 4-district response plan at the June 11 Neighborhood Committee of the Whole Meeting. The presentation is embedded below. Please review the presentation for additional information. 

 July 9, 2024 Update: Fire Station 11 is tentatively scheduled to begin serving the community on Thursday, July 11.

The Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District no longer provides fire and EMS protection services. In order to ensure these unincorporated properties continue to receive life-safety services; the District ceased operation abruptly on October 1, 2023. Due to a change in participation with the parties included in the Special Service Area adopted by Village Ordinance #6619 on August 16, 2022, the Village of Mount Prospect is proposing a new SSA be established to provide Fire and EMS services to unincorporated areas included in the Elk Grove Township Rural Fire District. The proposed SSA area now covers the entire unincorporated areas under one map, instead of being broken into three separate SSA areas. 

Learn more about the proposed Special Service Area, as well as additional background, on this webpage. 

January 10, 2024 Update: The Village Board held a Public Hearing for the proposed Special Service Area on November 7, 2023. The ordinance adopting the Special Service Area was approved at the January 9, 2024 Village Board Meeting. 

June 18, 2024 Update: The Village has assumed responsibility for the Elk Grove rural Fire Protection District and annexed the properties. 

The Village adopted a Tax Increment Financing District on the Village's south side on May 3, 2022. Learn more about the project, access TIF-related documents  and dates for public meetings, or register to be included on the Interested Parties list on the South Mount Prospect TIF page.

Strategic Plan Dashboards | Track Our Progress

The Village has launched public dashboards which allows anyone to see the status of specific items within the Village's Strategic Plans. As of January 2024, the Village has wrapped updates on the plans below, and continues to work on items within the 2023-2024 Plan; the 2023-2024 plan dashboard is now live.

2023 - 2024 Strategic Plan Dashboard

2022 - 2023 Strategic Plan Dashboard

2021 - 2022 Strategic Plan Dashboard

Strategic Plans | Full Documents and Executive Summaries

To view the current 2023-2024 Strategic Plan, as well as past plans, visit the Strategic Plan Progress and Dashboards webpage. 

The 2022 Village Annual Report is now available, featuring an overview of the 2022 year, including progress, challenges and successes at the department level. Learn more about this report. 

Due to the file size and design, it may be best to view the document on a desktop, laptop or tablet. A hard copy is also available at Village Hall for public viewing. 

In December 13, 2022 Committee of the Whole meeting, Tricia Dupilka and Kate Webster from inQUEST presented their findings that identify opportunities for improvement in the Village's current internal practices/policies. inQUEST will also provided recommendations for the Village to make progress on its diversity, equity and inclusion journey including a community survey. View inQUEST's Report to the board.  View inQUEST's presentation to the board.

Quarterly updates are posted on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion main page. 

To request public records from the Village, please use the Village's CRM portal.  Choose the appropriate FOIA category, fill out the fields completely and submit.  It will be routed to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer.