MABAS - Mutual Aid Box Alarm System is an association of over 1200 fire departments in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa. Oranized in 1968 by Elk Grove Village Captain Don Kuhn and Arlington Heights Fire Chief John K. Hayden so fire departments could use pre-planned coordination of resources to resolve major events. Arlington Heights Fire Station 2 was the original command center for dispatching for MABAS Division 1. The system used simple index cards called "box cards" and was modeled after Chicago Fire Department's alarm system for rapid, organized deployment of mutual aid resources.
MABAS List
Division Title links to MABAS Division details
County names link to Google Map with county borders
Division 1 - Northwest Cook County
Division 2 - Kane County
Division 3 - Northern Cook County
Division 4 - Lake County
Division 5 - McHenry County
Division 6 - DeKalb County and parts of Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee, and Ogle Counties
mabas-6.org
Division 7 - Kankakee County
mabas7.com
Division 8 -
nilswifire.weebly.com/mabas-division-8.html
Division 9 - City of Chicago
Division 10 - Central Cook County, parts of DuPage County
mabas10.net
Division 11 - Near West Suburban Cook County
Division 12 - Du Page County
mabasdiv12.com
Division 13 - Kane County, DuPage County
Division 14 - Kendall County
Division 15 - Will County
Division 16 - DuPage County
Division 17 - Stephenson County
Division 18 - Ogle County
Division 19 - Will County
Division 20 - Western Cook County
Division 21 - Southwestern Cook County
Division 22 - Southern Cook County
Division 23 - Livingston County
Division 24 - Southern Cook County
Division 25 - LaSalle County
Division 26 - Douglas County, Coles County, and Edgar County
Division 27 - Southern Cook County and Will County
Resources:
TOGETHER WE CAN The Mutual Aid Box Alarm System of Illinois [PDF]
 
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