The Rock River Valley Blood Center is your community blood center. Since 1952, volunteer blood donors have been helping RRVBC to provide high-value blood products and services to hospitals in Boone, McHenry, Ogle, Rock, Stephenson, Walworth, and Winnebago counties. Our donors save lives, will you? Please give blood.
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District Profile
The Rockton Fire Protection District is located in northern Illinois on the banks of the Rock River. We have one fire station set within a community covering 54 square miles with an approximate population of 21,000 residents.
Established in 1947 as a strictly volunteer department the district then served 675 residents and answered fewer than 50 incidents. Today our organization provides multiple services including fire suppression, EMS advanced life support, rescue and extrication, fire prevention and education. Annually, we proudly answer an average of 1150 calls for service.
Historically, the area has had strong agricultural roots, but in recent years there has been a large influx of young families having employment outside of the area, making Rockton more of a residential community.
Our current roster includes 36 volunteers. Daily staffing at the station is comprised of a combination of part time paid EMT/Firefighters (3 individuals each working 30 hours per week), paramedics from a contracted staffing agency and paid-on-premises personnel. During the daytime there are 2 paramedics and at least 3 EMT/Firefighters on premises. Nighttime and weekends there is a paramedic and a EMT/Firefighter on premises. We also employ an administrative assistant and a chief.
In our primary response area the fire district provides superior service to 3 schools, 7 churches, several strip malls, multiple industrial plants, and an independent living senior citizen facility, an extended care living facility, a group home for the handicapped, several recreational parks, golf courses, and many single and multi-family dwellings. Schools consist of a major high school with 2,384 students and staff, a junior high school with 645 students and staff, a grade school with a total of 608 students and staff, and an elementary school with 564 students and staff. There are several critical infrastructure exposures within the primary response area. Our community is home to a newly located chemical manufacturer that produces a variety of lubrication products in a facility covering 177 acres with over 360,000 square feet under roof.
Within the community are 12 miles of railroad track, with much of the line running through the most densely populated area. Three trains per day traverse this line carrying a wide variety of commodities, industrial products and hazardous materials. Outside the major population center the fire district is mostly rural with much of the land being used for livestock and food production making protection against agri-terrorism a priority.
In our secondary response area the fire district provides mutual aid to several agencies in surrounding communities located in both Illinois and Wisconsin. Critical infrastructure within our mutual aid response area is the Byron Nuclear Power facility, and the Chicago/Rockford International Airport. High air traffic volume exist at the airport predominantly due to the location of the UPS hub there. In the Wisconsin portion of our mutual aid area critical infrastructure includes an Alliant Energy generating plant supporting the regional power grid with capacity of 2,345 MW, a 20 inch gas pipeline owned by ANR, as well as a major food manufacturing plants operated by Frito Lay, Hormel, Kerry Ingredients and Genecor International.
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If you would like to be a member of the club and enjoy serving your community please give me a call at 815-509-9026 we can always use the help.
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Roscoe, IL
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Since joining the Senate in 1993, Dave Syverson has been a reformer, pushing to fix Illinois’ broken ways. Every day, Dave puts his values to work as he represents the people of Northern Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Dave was raised and educated in Rockford where he raised his two children. Dave is involved in many local charitable causes; one near and dear to him is the building of playgrounds in under-served areas and at local schools.
Dave has been widely recognized for common sense approach to improving Illinois Jobs Climate. He created the Illinois Manufacturing caucus with the goal to bring more focus on the importance of the manufacturing industry in Illinois.
In addition to his work on economic issues Dave has sponsored and passed over 100 pieces of legislation aimed at improving the quality of life for Illinois families, seniors, and those with special needs. Dave sponsored and helped pass Illinois’ historic welfare reform legislation, the children’s health insurance program, pension reform, and the Home Fraud Protection Act, just to name a few.
Senator Dave Syverson, represents the 35th Senate District covering Winnebago, Boone, Northern DeKalb and Western Kane Counties. Currently, he serves as Assistant Republican Leader in the Senate as well as the Republican Spokesman for the three Senate committees; Gaming, Human Services, and Public Health. He also serves on the Senate Executive and Insurance Committees and is the ranking member on the bipartisan Government Forecasting and Accountability Commission.
Dave is a member of five area Chambers of Commerce’s, the Rockford Area Economic Development Council, the Rockford Machine Tool Association, the National Federation of Independent Business, the National Association of Financial Planners, and NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). He also serves on the Board of Mercyhealth and on Advisory Board for Reformer’s Unanimous International.
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Stateline Baseball, Inc. offers the area’s premier organized baseball programs for all ages and skill levels. We have a rich history of great competitive and fun sports play that we can all be proud of. Your son can expect to learn everything about baseball from rules & skills to teamwork & sportsmanship.
Rockton, IL
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