Village of Dwight EMS

10/13/2025

🚑 Dwight EMS – September 2025 Response Statistics 🚑

In September 2024, our crews responded to 140 calls for service.
In September 2025, we answered 150 calls for service, representing a 7.14% increase compared to the same month last year.

09/26/2025

Don't forget it's Car Seat Day tomorrow! Stop by Minooka Police Department parking lot from 10a-12p and have your child's safety seat inspected by certified technicians. First 25 kids will receive a coupon for a free ice cream cone at Minooka Creamery! 🍦

09/03/2025

🚑 Dwight EMS – August 2025 Response Statistics 🚑

In August 2024, our crews responded to 119 calls for service.
In August 2025, we answered 158 calls, representing a 32.8% increase compared to the same month last year.

📈 This steady rise in call volume highlights the growing demand for emergency medical services across our district. Every call represents a neighbor, visitor, or family member in need — and our team continues to step up to meet that need.

🔹 Year-over-year increase: +39 calls
🔹 Percentage increase: 32.8%

Behind each number is the dedication of our Paramedics and EMTs who are available 24/7, 365 days a year. Whether it’s a medical emergency, motor vehicle accident, or mutual aid to a neighboring community, Dwight EMS is always ready to respond.

🙏 We also want to take a minute and say thank you to the Fire Departments who respond alongside us, ensuring we have the extra hands to safely lift, move, and care for patients in their time of need. Your partnership makes all the difference.

👏 And of course, thank you to our community for your continued support — your encouragement allows us to do what we do best: provide skilled, compassionate care when it matters most.

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Odell Fire and Rescue
Dwight Fire Protection District
Emington Campus Fire
Allen Township Fire District

08/22/2025

REMINDER - Dwight EMS coloring contest for kids at Dwight Common School District #232 is still going on. Parents, all you need to do is have your child color the bag that was handed out at National Night Out. When it's finished, please take a picture and send it to us on Facebook Messenger by 4pm on Aug 25th, 2025

We will pick a winner on Tuesday, Aug 26th.

THE PARENTS OF THE WINNER WILL BE NOTIFIED AND WE WILL COORDINATE YOUR CHILD'S RIDE TO SCHOOL IN THE AMBULANCE ON SEPT 2ND.

Send a message to learn more

08/22/2025

🚑 July 2025 Response Summary 🚑

In 2024, we set a department record with 141 calls in a single month.
This year, we’ve already matched that number in three different months—including the last two months in a row.

We want to thank our dedicated EMTs and paramedics for answering the call day and night, and our community for continuing to support Dwight EMS as we serve you in times of need.

08/06/2025

Thank you Dwight Police Department for the amazing National Night Out tonight. It was awesome to see so many families out enjoying everything that was offered. Congratulations to Emerson on winning the grand prize from the Bucket Toss Challenge!

Reminder to those who took a coloring bag to submit your pictures on Facebook messenger for a chance to win a ride in the ambulance to school!

08/01/2025

We will begin contacting applicants for interviews next week. It’s not too late to submit your resume.

07/31/2025

We are grateful for Kev Mitchell with Airway Assault for spending the last two days with our providers educating them and making them better clinicians for our patients.

EMT’s learned their important role in assisting the Paramedics with preparation and staying on task per our check list during Medication assisted Intubation.

Paramedics learned the importance of ensuring their patients are hemodynamically stable prior to the start of the procedure, along with why it is important to utilize the systematical approach during this high risk procedure.

Thank you Kev for your time. We look forward to having you back in the future for other classes.

07/30/2025

Accepting resumes for Full-Time EMT-Basic position.

07/29/2025

***REMINDER***

National Night Out is coming up!

AUGUST 5TH! 5PM-8PM

We are so excited to experience this event with you all!
Check below for all activities!

07/22/2025

On Sunday July 20th Odell Fire and Rescue and Village of Dwight EMS were dispatched to I 55 SB MM 206 for a motorcycle accident subject possibly unconscious. Emergency responders arrived on scene and found a male subject who had been involved in a single vehicle accident. Crews performed rapid trauma assessments and determined that due to the mechanism of injury and proximity to a trauma center that the patient should be flown via medical helicopter to a Level 1 trauma center.

Vcom-911 contacted OSF Life Flight who accepted the flight and flew to OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center medical center in Pontiac to meet the ambulance crew. Patient was transferred from ambulance to helicopter and then flown to Peoria for trauma care.

Last night the patient and his family stopped by to pick up his belongings and say thank you.

Please take a minute to review the pictures as this gentleman is alive today because he wore his helmet. HELMETS SAVE LIVES, HELMETS GIVE YOU MORE TIME WITH FAMILY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.

RIDE SMART AND RIDE SAFE!

We wish this gentleman well in his recovery process!

07/18/2025

June 2025 Response Summary for Dwight EMS

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Village of Dwight
Dwight Fire Protection District
Odell Fire and Rescue