Fire District Administration

West Chicago Fire Protection District is a local government entity, which means it is a separate government taxing body and serves areas outside of the City limits including parts of Warrenville, Wayne, Winfield and St. Charles .

The Fire District operates under a governing body of five trustees and three fire commissioners. They appoint the Fire Chief followed by five deputy fire Chiefs. The Deputy Chiefs include the the First Deputy Chief (second in command), the Fire Marshal Deputy Chief, and three Shift Commander deputy Chiefs.

• Fire Chief - Ronald Ackerman
• First Deputy Chief - Robert Hodge
• Fire Marshal Deputy Chief Joseph Buenrostro
• Shift Deputy Chief - Hugh Stott
• Shift Deputy Chief - Wayne Matejka
• Shift Deputy Chief - Steve Lakics

The Fire District also employs an Administrative Manager, Kathey DeVaney greets visitors in the front office Monday thru Friday and takes care of much of the paperwork and logistics for West Chicago Fire.

Fire District Trustees and Commissioners hold meetings monthly at the fire station and meetings are open to the public. Meeting dates and times are posted at the Headquarters Fire Station 1 at 200 Fremont St. Agendas and previous meeting minutes of The Board of Trustees may be viewed online on the meetings page.