M.A.B.A.S.  Division 19

Mutual Aid Box Alarm System

Phone: (708)479-5371

Fax: (708) 479-2970

E-mail: mfpd@mokenafire.org

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Equipment

             MABAS Division 19 received a new Decontamination Vehicle on June 28, 2007, valued at over $220,000.00 from the Illinois MABAS in conjunction with the Illinois Terrorism Task Force (ITTF). MABAS, which has been in existence since the late 1960’s, stands for Mutual Aid Box Alarm System and was set up to provide an orderly mutual aid response to the scenes of fires, accidents or other incidents across specifically designated regions in Illinois. MABAS Division 19 Fire Protection Districts include East Joliet, Elwood, Frankfort, Homer Township, Lockport Township, Manhattan, Mokena, New Lenox, Northwest Homer, Orland, Palos, Palos Heights, and Peotone. The new decontamination vehicle will help better prepare the communities protected by MABAS Division 19 to deal with chemical and/or biological attacks.

             The MABAS decontamination vehicle is designed for personnel decontamination, flushing, cleaning of civilians, and Public Safety personnel who may have been exposed to industrial chemicals, militarized chemicals, biological agents and toxins, radiological and nuclear particles and similar agents associated with industrial processes and/or domestic terrorism. The MABAS Division 19 Decontamination vehicle is presently housed at the Lockport Fire Protection District for response anywhere within the MABAS Division 19 communities.

             MABAS Division 19 received a new Incident Management Trailer from the Illinois MABAS. The new Incident Management Trailer will help better respond and prepare the communities protected by MABAS Division 19 to deal with major incidents.

Decontamination Trailer

Incident Management Trailer