Welcome to the Collinsville Fire Department

The Collinsville Fire Department is a growing department that is rapidly becoming the area leader in emergency medical care, training, and fire suppression. This drive for excellence ensures the citizens have a top tiered emergency response.  The city and fire department administration work hard to guarantee every firefighter/paramedic receives the training and tools needed to perform at their best. The Collinsville Fire Department is involved with specialized teams such as ice rescue, swift water (coming soon), Madison County tactical rescue team, and Madison County hazmat teams.

 About Us

The Collinsville Fire Department currently provides fire protection services to the City of Collinsville and to a small portion of Collinsville Township, commonly referred to as the Collinsville Fire Protection District. The Fire Department provides emergency medical services (EMS) to the same areas at the advanced life support (ALS) level, the highest level of pre-hospital emergency care available.

The Collinsville Fire Department is comprised of 36 highly trained and motivated Firefighter/Paramedics. Among those 36 members, there are 8 Lieutenants and 4 Captains. The Administrative Staff includes 3 sworn Fire Department Administrators, a Fire Prevention Inspector, an Executive Assistant, and a part-time Administrative Assistant. We have two fire stations that house both fire apparatus and ambulances. On average Collinsville is the 2^nd busiest fire department in the metro east, running an estimated 4300+ calls in 2022. The City of Collinsville encompasses 15.3 square miles, and the Collinsville Fire Protection District 7.9 square miles, for a total of 23.2 square miles.

The firefighter/paramedics work a 4-shift, 24-hours schedule. To ensure the daily minimum of 8 firefighters on duty, an additional day of work is scheduled every 40 days. Current firefighter/paramedic base pay is $90,537 obtained at year 4. Probationary pay (year 1) is 75% of base pay ($67,902).  There is a 30-mile residency requirement which includes all of the metro east and reaches into St. Charles County, Missouri to the west, Jefferson County, MO to the south. In addition to the base pay the City of Collinsville offers paid training, education incentives, and full tuition reimbursement. Another great benefit offered by the City of Collinsville is the health insurance. This offers a $10 copay for doctors’ visits, $25 copay urgent care, and $50 copay emergency room visit. 

Interested in joining our team or have questions about the department?

 Contact Deputy Chief, Kevin Reis at kreis@collinsvilleil.org

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Mission Statement:

Our Mission is to promote a safe community by providing superior service to citizens and visitors. The department will accomplish its Mission through fire prevention and education, fire suppression, advanced medical services to the sick and injured, along with hazard mitigation.

Goals:

• To develop a system of fire & rescue services which will ensure the utmost in human life preservation, incident control, and property protection for all areas of the community;

• To provide an emergency medical service that will result in the greatest patient survival rate possible;

• To maximize the efficiency of the fire suppression service which will effectively control the various emergencies which occur in the community;

• To manage a fire prevention program of competent code enforcement while creating a positive relationship with the current and future business community;

• To promote an educational program which consistently creates a public awareness that results in a significantly safer community;

• To maintain all department buildings, apparatus and equipment to the highest quality standards; and

• To provide a comprehensive training program which will ensure that all personnel are thoroughly trained to handle all conceivable types of emergencies.