Frequently Asked Questions

In August 2001, the Illinois legislature passed the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act (Public Act 92-0432). Similar to other states, Illinois’ Safe Haven law allows a parent to safely relinquish an unharmed infant up to 30 days old, anonymously, without fear of prosecution.

The Channahon Police Department and both Channahon Fire Stations serve as safe havens under the Illinois Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, which offers a protected legal alternative to unsafe infant abandonment.

There are many new parents who feel they cannot take care of their child and that there is nowhere to turn. The Illinois Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act allows parents to relinquish their unharmed infants to staff in safe havens while remaining anonymous and avoiding civil or criminal liability.

An unharmed newborn up to 30 days old may be handed off to a staff member at a hospital, an emergency medical care facility, a staffed police station and/or a staffed fire station with NO QUESTIONS ASKED and NO FEAR OF PROSECUTION.

TOLL FREE CRISIS HOTLINE
1-888-510-BABY

Channahon Police Department
24555 S Navajo Dr, Channahon, IL 60410

Channahon Fire Station 1
24929 S Center, Channahon, IL 60410

Channahon Fire Station 2
23341 W. McClintock Road, Channahon, IL 60410

Dial 9-1-1 for Emergencies

Call Channahon Police Non-Emergency Line

1-815-467-2112

The District’s ISO Public Protection Classification (PPC) is: 2

Leaves can only be burned on private property and burning is not permitted in the right-of-way or on any street. Fires in the right-of-way damage the pavement and are a hazard to pedestrians and the traveling public.

Keep your fire at a manageable size, do not leave fires unattended and avoid burning on windy days.

If a fire gets out of control, call 911 immediately.

Leaves generated on your property may be burned on your property.

As a reminder, the burning of grass clippings, large branches or garbage is prohibited.

The medication drop box is meant to collect excess, unwanted or expired pill medications, which helps keep them out of young people’s hands and protects the environment.

The drop box is located in the lobby of the Channahon Police Department, on the north side of the Channahon Municipal Services Center at 24555 S. Navajo Drive.

Please visit the following website for additional medical disposal information: http://www.willcountygreen.com/greenguide/pharm.aspx

Will County Green

If you have a small extinguisher, the company may not recharge it. It’s cheaper to buy a new one.

Larger metal fire extinguishers can, if not being recharged, be left for scrap.

Visit CWF website at http://www.chanookawf.org/

This does not apply to building managers or builders.

Please visit our Fire Inspections page for more information

Fire and Medic crews do not have to be sitting in the fire station to be dispatched to a call. Since all District units maintain constant radio contact with Dispatch and the entire crew must always be together with their truck, they are always ready to respond to any emergency, regardless of their current location or non-emergency assignment. Our firefighters and paramedics may often spend long periods of their day running calls, without returning to the station or stopping to eat.

Fire Incident reports can be obtained by property owners from their lawyers or insurance companies, Any other requests are subject to FOIA.

Medical Incident/Ambulance Billing

This does not apply to building managers or builders.

District 2 is everything in Channahon east of I55, South of the I&M Canal and North of the Des Plaines River

District 3 is everything in Channahon south of the Des Plaines river, West of I55, North of West Blodgett Road and East of the Will County line at Bell Road

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