Georgetown Fire Protection District

09/22/2025

Fall is here. There will be a few events coming up in the next month at the fire station, details to be shared soon.

09/19/2025

🚫🔥 Burn Ban in Effect 🔥🚫

Vermilion County is still under a burn ban until further notice.

Please help keep our community safe by following these restrictions. The ban will remain in place until conditions improve and officials lift it. We will post again when the ban has been lifted to keep everyone aware.

09/17/2025

Please don’t burn we are under a burn ban until further notice for our county.

Current status of Burn Bans across Central Illinois. Those in orange, some local municipalities have banned burning but other local areas and the county at large have not.

Continued upgrades to County Bans are anticipated due to dry conditions, but some welcome rain, even if it's not much, expected this weekend into the start of next week. Still, it will not solve the drought and fix things for us.

09/11/2025

WE REMEMBER 9/11. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the September 11 attacks, 412 were emergency workers in New York City who responded to the World Trade Center, including:

• 343 firefighters
• 37 police officers of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department
• 23 police officers of the New York City Police Department
• 8 emergency medical technicians and paramedics from private emergency medical services
• 3 New York State Court Officers
• 1 patrolman from the New York Fire Patrol

09/11/2025

As we honor all on 9/11 let us remember all who lost there lives on this day.

09/07/2025

We wanted to share this on our page. If you’re able to help please contact Penny Holycross. Thank you for helping our community that we love to serve.

09/07/2025

It’s that time of year again. Please watch for farmers and be safe on the road.

Harvest season is here, and you’ll likely see more slow-moving farm equipment on the roads. Be patient, give extra space, and drive with care—large equipment needs room to maneuver.

🚗 Motorists: allow extra travel time, slow down, share the road, and never pass illegally.
🚜 Farmers: travel safely, keep lights/reflectors visible, and pull over when safe and possible to help ease traffic.

Let's work together to keep Illinois roads safe this fall! Learn more: http://prez.ly/09ud

09/06/2025

Please come out and support this ride with us tomorrow. We’ll be escorting them into and through town tomorrow. They are scheduled to arrive in Georgetown between 4:45 and 4:50 PM.

09/05/2025

Today some of our crews went to the high school to teach some the students about wild land/field fires thank you all for coming out and participating with our crews today.

09/01/2025

Please be aware during the parade. Be safe today/

Notice regarding road closures, traffic pattern changes, and parking near Zamberletti Park for Saturday August 30, 2025

E. Williams St. on the South side of Zamberletti Park between N. State and Jefferson will close at approximately 3:00 p.m.

Weese Pkwy. between Moses and E. Williams St. will close at approximately 3:00 p.m.

For through traffic from Moses Ave. please use the connecting road behind Westville Junior High School to Madison St.

New this year is a change to traffic patterns on Washington and Adams St. North of E. Short St. These areas will be restricted to residents only due to the complete closure of E. Williams St. Residents in these areas will need to exit to the South toward E. Main St.

For those looking for additional vehicle parking, we encourage you to park at Judith Giacoma School located at 200 S. Walnut St.

A shuttle will provide transportation to and from Zamberletti Park.

For handicapped visitors there will be a handicapped parking area on Moses Ave. near the basketball courts, with handicap access into the park on the West side of the basketball courts.

Please be advised that additional parking restrictions are in place around Zamberletti Park and will be enforced. Anyone parking in restricted areas may be towed.

For reference, please view the attached map.

09/01/2025

Our crews are getting ready for the Westville Labor Day parade. We hope to see you there.

09/01/2025

We hope you have a safe Labor Day with your family and friends. From all of us at Georgetown Fire Protection District.