A new building in Oakfield will help ensure the safety of the community. A new fire station was unveiled recently. It has 5 bays to store additional equipment and can also serve as an emergency shelter if needed.

Plainfield fire officials are urging motorists to slow down and use caution passing emergency vehicles after one of the department's ladder trucks was hit earlier this week at a crash scene. Plainfield firefighter/EMTs were dispatched to the scene of a two-vehicle crash June 2 in the southbound lanes of I-55 near mile marker 260.

Whiting Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 Chief Rodney Sloan Jr. and Assistant Chief William Sloan got to show off the company's new 2018 Sutphen Chassis Custom Pumper during a recent Township Council meeting.