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The Village has an Emergency Alert System, which allows emergency service providers to quickly contact members of our community with important information.  The system has been used in hundreds of communities to solve and prevent crimes, and avert disasters. As long as you have a traditional landline phone, you are automatically signed-up for this service.  If you want to receive notification at work, on your cell phone or by email, you do need to register.

To register, simply click on the notification button.

The Illinois Premise Alert Program Act (96-0788) became law in 2009. This Act is to ensure that consistently high levels of public safety services are available to all members of the State of Illinois, including people who may require special consideration in order to access services. This program shall seek to afford people with disabilities and/or special needs the same level of public safety services while alerting public safety responders to individuals with special needs.

If you live or work within the Village of Streamwood and complete a permission slip about your special needs, your information will be placed on file with our dispatch center. Your name, home or work address, telephone number, and information about your disability or special needs will enable emergency personnel to recognize that your call may require special handling. Please be assured that all information will be kept confidential.

This information will be entered into our Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) database. When a telecommunicator types in an address and an Illinois Premise Alert has been attached to that address, the telecommunicator will observe the additional information disclosed on your permission slip. Your information will remain confidential and used only by our Police and Fire Department personnel who serve the Village of Streamwood. The provision of special needs information will not result in preferential treatment.

If you have a family member or relative that you would like to enroll in the Illinois Premise Alert Program, please contact the Streamwood Police Department at (630) 736-3700 or Fire Department at (630) 736-3650.

Illinois Premise Alert Form

Medical emergencies can happen anytime. When they do, there is confusion, panic and urgency. Paramedics arrive on the scene with no information about the person in need. Seconds count – they can make the difference between life and death. Does the patient have prior medical conditions? Allergies? What medications are they taking? Who do they want us to call? How do we contact their family or friends? File of Life puts these answers at their fingertips. It allows first responders to immediately begin the best possible treatment, notify loved ones, and pass this vital data on to awaiting physicians at the emergency room.

File of Life has already saved thousands of lives. It is an absolute asset to emergency preparedness, and peace of mind, for every household and community across the nation. To register, call the Fire Department at (630) 736-3650.