Public Safety Services

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The Village provides a variety of programs to the community through the Police and Fire Departments. Click here to contact the Village for more information on any of the programs listed below.

Police Services

  • Police Related News- Click here to visit the Police Department's Facebook Page.

  • Solicitation- The Village Code prohibits persons from soliciting private property if the owner asks the person to leave the property or has a notice posted that prohibits solicitation. Click here to download a No Solicitation legend.

  • Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, while progressing on to the basics of hands-on defense training.

  • R.A.D. Kids is a curriculum based on accelerated learning theories that provides realistic safety plans and options enabling children to escape dangerous situations.

  • I-Search is a personal safety program in which a police officer and an instructor go into the grades K, 2, 4, 6 and 8 in River-Forest schools and discuss a variety of topics.

  • Junior Citizens Police Academy is a 40 hour Police/Fire awareness course. Students between 10-15 years old get a chance to participate in a variety of activities and lessons about Police and Fire Service.

  • Crime Prevention Information is available from River Forest Police Officers who will come to your home or business and discuss various methods to reduce the chances of a burglary.

  • Gun Locks are available to residents of River Forest at the police station at no cost. The lock is used to prevent accidents involving hand guns in the home. Residents must have a valid Firearms Owners Identification Card to receive a lock.

  • Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - The DARE program consists of 17 lessons that are taught by uniformed officers of the River Forest Police Department that have received special training and certification. The lessons are taught once a week for 17 weeks with the last lesson being the culmination ceremony.

Fire Services

 

  • Ambulance Billing- Patients requiring ambulance assistance are assessed a rate depending on the type of service required. Click here to contact the Fire Department for billing questions or call 708-366-800 ext. 361.
  • Block Parties-The  Fire Department will be happy to attend your block party. Please be aware that the firefighters are on duty and their first priority is to respond to calls. While every effort will be made to attend your block party at the time you request, no guarantee can be made of being at the block party at a specific time or for a specific length of time. To request the Fire Department to attend your block party, please click here or call 708-366-7629. You will need to notify them of the date, location and approximate time you would like them to attend. 
  • CPR- The  Fire Department offers CPR classes when enough students sign up for class. The cost of the class is $40 per student. If you are interested in CPR classes, please contact Lt. Mark Finnegan or call 708-366-7629.

  • Fire Prevention- The Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for plan reviews, building inspections and public education. Click here to contact the Bureau.

 

 

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Last Updated on Friday, April 20, 2012