Fire Department receives $700,000 from Congressman Bost to assist with funding of a new ladder truck: Funding for Ladder Truck; Winter Weather Preparedness Week is November 10-14, 2025.  Check out City of Effingham EMA and National Weather Service for helpful resources and tips to get ready for winter weather events.

Who do I call when we are testing or working on our fire alarm?

If you have an alarm system that sends a signal to a monitoring company, please call our Dispatch Center at 217-347-0776 and tell them to put your system in test mode. Please remember to call and be prepared to give the time/date when it will be in test mode. Remember, construction dust will set off an alarm at times. So put your system in test during this time as well. We do bill for false fire alarm responses after the 3rd false activation response.

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