The Manhattan Fire Protection District has received numerous requests to conduct fire department birthday parades over the past several weeks. During this time, unfortunately, we were unable to fulfill all of these requests. Although we wish we could drive-by to wish every child in our district a “Happy Birthday”, our personnel simply cannot due to emergency calls and our members need to remain in ... (Full Story & Photos)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Date: March 20, 2020

For more information, contact:
Jackie O’Hara, Public Information Officer
johara@manhattanfire.org
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Memo: Effective Saturday, March 21st beginning at 5PM to April 7th

To the residents of the Village and Township of ... (Full Story)

To the residents and visitors of our District-

We want to reassure you that the Fire District has planned and we are prepared to deal with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19). We are taking every precaution to do our part, including the practice of social distancing. To keep our members and their families’ safe, to keep our community residents safe, and to keep this unique situation from becoming worse ... (Full Story & Photos)

As a precaution and due to new recommendations by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Illinois Governor’s office and Illinois Department on Aging we will be canceling the March 26th TRIAD meeting. We will be sending out more information from the CDC and how to keep yourself safe from COVID-19 in the next several days.

Below is the information we ... (Full Story & Photos)

(Manhattan, IL) - Why is your address so important? In an emergency it is crucial to have your 9-1-1 address posted for emergency services to locate you. Every second counts in a life and death situation and without proper identification they may be unable to locate you.

Address Markers/Numbers should...

 Be visible in the dark:
Put the numbers on your house under a light. Numbers on a mailbox ... (Full Story & Photos)