Last year, the Peoria Fire Department spent $1.6 million on overtime. By contract, the department must have at least three firefighters on each truck or engine, then-Fire Chief Tony Ardis told the ...

A fire engine shut down because of a tight Peoria budget last year during the COVID-19 pandemic will start operating again Monday. Opponents in the Peoria City Council's 6-4 vote Tuesday to ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Donating a fire engine to Ukraine, rebuilding a fire station and buying some new apparatus are all items on the agenda for the Peoria City Council. The Horseshoe will take ...

The fire department minority goals in 2016 and 2017 were 15.5 percent and 17.1 percent. Minority personnel made up 13.9 percent of new fire hires in 2016 and 16 percent in 2017.

In its current configuration, the Peoria Fire Department has 12 engines, three trucks and one jump crew to utilize, Sollberger told the council. He said the department has to move resources around ...

The Peoria City Council voted 10-1 on Tuesday night to reinstate a fire rescue crew within the Peoria Fire Department, following two weeks of contentious discussion around the issue. Peoria's two ...