Our Facilities
STATION 20 – HEADQUARTERS
500 Waukegan Road Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: (847) 945-4066
Fax: 847-945-8951
Email: info@dbfd.org
Station 20 was built in 1996 and is proudly located in the heart of Deerfield at 500 Waukegan Road. This headquarters station, which took fourteen months to construct, contains the usual firehouse amenities as well as offices for the chiefs, the fire prevention bureau, lieutenants, training officers and fire district board members.
The only built-in safety training house on the North Shore is in the basement of the fire station. The house is used to teach basic fire safety to children. Previously, we would borrow safety houses (mounted on trailers) from other agencies to simulate hazards around the home, such as toasters, ovens, microwaves, and electrical outlets, just to name a few. Now we have a four room simulated home built right into the basement. A built-in smoke machine simulates the circumstances of an actual bedroom fire. This is where children can experience being awakened by a smoke alarm and can practice crawling to the door for escape. The doors are even equipped with a device to make them warm to touch, to help prepare children for an actual fire situation. The house is frequently used to provide many teachers and their classes with potentially life saving fire safety education.
Firefighters are also able to use the house or the vast open area in the basement for their own training exercises. Also, the area can be used by local groups and organizations for meetings. Contact us for availability.
The current station does have a touch of the old. In the foyer it displays a part of the fire pole that was transferred from our old fire station. It is no longer in service, but is meticulously polished by our firefighters who cherish the past.
STATION 19
1935 Half Day Rd, Bannockburn, IL 60015
Phone: (847) 374-9773
Fax: 847-945-8951
Email: info@dbfd.org
Station 19 was built shortly after station 20 in 1998 and is located in Bannockburn at 1935 Half Day Road just east of I-94. Architects carefully designed the office spaces to incorporate much needed storage space which was hard to come by in the old stations.
Responding out of this station we have an engine and ambulance. There are many similarities between station 20 and station 19 but one obvious difference is the size. Having two dedicated stations strategically placed in town allows us to optimize our protection of Deerfield, Bannockburn and Riverwoods with quicker response times.
Both stations come equipped with a library, where firefighters taking college or training courses can study, a physical fitness room, an interactive classroom for training, a kitchen with eating areas, and a TV room for when all duties of the day are accomplished.
Apparatus Bay
Possibly one of the greatest improvements to the fire stations is the extra room in our apparatus bays. Previously, the trucks were parked approximately 40 inches from the wall, providing firefighters minimal space to dress for a call or maintain the trucks. The current bays are more than twice the size, housing 3 fire engines, a ladder truck, 1 squad, 3 ambulances, and several utility vehicles. Another advantage is a separate bay dedicated for maintenance of equipment. The district employs a knowledgeable fleet manager who tends to the constant needs of our apparatus on site. The maintenance area is equipped with lifts to raise the apparatus (even the ladder truck) high into the air for easy access to critical parts. Another advantage of our modernized home is that the bays are equipped with flexible exhaust hoses that stretch to the ceiling and eject the exhaust out of the building, which minimizes the firefighters exposure to the hazardous fumes.