District History
1939 - Countryside Fire Protection District incorporated on July 14. Contracted with the Mundelein Fire Department to provide service to the District.
1959 - Station 1 opened on Midlothian Road on January 1 with on-call, volunteer firefighter/first responders.
1975 - Started providing paramedic level ambulance service.
1976 - Opened Station 2 in Vernon Hills and began providing full-time firemedic (firefighter/paramedic) coverage and reduced response times to the eastern portion of the District.
1981 - Second floor addition built on Station 1 to provide living quarters for 24-hour firemedic staffing at Station 1.
1992 - Remodeled Station 2 to provide space for administrative offices making it the District's new headquarters.
1998 - Became the first fire district to be recognized as an internationally accredited fire agency by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.
1999 - Achieved additional accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services.
2003 - Reaccredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for another five years.
2004 - Remodeled Station 2 again to provide much needed additional space for Countryside's growing operations.
2006 - Station 1 demolished to accomodate construction of a new, state-of-the art fire station to better serve the western portion of the District. During the construction, Countryside's "Station 1" personnel and apparatus relocated to Mundelein's two stations.
2007 - The new Station 1 opens providing more space for apparatus, personnel, and most notably, a new dispatch center.
2008 - Reaccredited again by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for another five years.
