Inverness Fire Protection District

What Inverness Fire Protection District does

The Inverness Fire Protection District is an Illinois special district government entity (formed 1992, formalized under its current name by Ordinance 2022-001) that provides fire suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention, and community safety programs to approximately 15,000 residents across a 15-square-mile service area in Inverness, Illinois. Operations are delivered by 17 sworn personnel responding to roughly 1,200 calls per year from the district's headquarters at 35 Ela Road. Its service portfolio extends beyond emergency response into voluntary community programs — including the Premise Alert Program (special-needs information sharing through Northwest Central Dispatch), Safe Battery Disposal household recycling, Carbon Monoxide Awareness education, and fire code plan review services — the last of which is executed through a contracted partner, FSCI (Fire Safety Consultants, Inc.), acting as Authority Having Jurisdiction.

The district's revenue model is anchored in property tax levies administered via Illinois municipal statutes, supplemented by ambulance transport billing and contracted pass-through plan review fees. It is publicly governed by a Board of Trustees with subsidiary bodies including Fire Commissioners, a Pension Board, and a Foreign Fire Insurance Board. Operational coordination with neighboring agencies is formalized through intergovernmental agreements (e.g., Resolution 2024-007 apparatus sharing with Rolling Meadows Fire Department) and IML Foreign Fire Fee Collection (Resolution 2022-005). Technology infrastructure is conventional for the sector — physical fire apparatus and ambulances supported by a Streamline-powered website providing transparency, FOIA handling, meeting postings, and employment recruitment via the National Testing Network.

The go-to-market is sales-led in a governmental sense: services are funded primarily through compulsory property tax assessments and delivered in a defined geographic monopoly; non-emergency community programs rely on voluntary enrollment and outreach through the district website, Facebook (InvernessFPD), community events (Open House, Senior Open House), and public Board meetings. Customer concentration is structurally total within the district boundaries, with a secondary contractor/developer segment accessing fire prevention plan reviews.

Name

Inverness Fire Protection District

Legal name

Inverness Fire Protection District

Website

https://invernessfpd.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Inverness Fire Protection District is an Illinois special district government entity providing fire suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention, and community safety programs to approximately 15,000 residents across a 15-square-mile service area, funded primarily by property tax levies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (92216), Fire Protection (922160)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire & Rescue Services (Fire Suppression, Rescue) (BPAIAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fire Prevention, Inspection & Code Enforcement (Life Safety) (BPAIAGAL), Community Safety Administration (Fire/EMS, Emergency Management) (BPAIACAL)

Keywords

• Fire protection services
• Emergency medical services
• Fire prevention planning
• Public safety education
• Community emergency response

Headquarters

HQ city

Inverness

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Property Tax Revenue: Primary funding source through property tax levies as a special district government entity
2. Ambulance Billing: Emergency ambulance transport services billed to patients/insurance as permitted under Illinois law
3. Fire Prevention Plan Review Fees: Plan review services provided through contracted vendor FSCI; fees paid directly to FSCI by applicants

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Inverness Fire Protection District is a special-purpose municipal district that delivers fire suppression, emergency medical services, and rescue operations to approximately 15,000 residents across a 15 square-mile service area, handling roughly 1,200 calls per year with 17 sworn personnel. The district complements its core emergency response with fire prevention and plan review services (delivered via contracted partner FSCI), community preparedness programs such as the Premise Alert voluntary enrollment, a designated household battery recycling drop-off site, and public safety education on hazards like carbon monoxide.

Product overview

The Inverness Fire Protection District operates as a public safety agency providing emergency fire and rescue services to approximately 15,000 residents across 15 square miles, responding to 1,200 calls annually with 17 sworn personnel. The District's service portfolio includes core emergency response capabilities supplemented by community-focused programs: Fire Prevention & Plan Review Services (contracted through FSCI), a Safe Battery Disposal Program for household battery recycling, a Premise Alert Program enabling residents to register special needs information for emergency responders, and Carbon Monoxide Awareness education. The District also manages employment recruitment for firefighter/paramedic positions through the National Testing Network platform. These services are delivered via a website platform powered by Streamline (technology for Special Districts), which provides transparency in governance, financial reporting, pension administration, and FOIA request handling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FSCI (Fire Safety Consultants, Inc.)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFSCI performs fire prevention plan reviews for new construction, renovations, and fire protection systems on behalf of the district. They also conduct final fire protection system inspections. Contact: 2175 Point Boulevard, Suite 380, Elgin, IL 60123, Phone: 847-697-1300.
• Northwest Central DispatchcoreOthersPremise Alert Program information is forwarded to Northwest Central Dispatch for sharing with emergency responders when calls are dispatched to specific addresses.
• Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District (BCFPD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner agency at Senior Open House event, sharing information about Knox Boxes and the Red Envelope Program which assists paramedics when patients cannot communicate.
• Barrington Area Council on Aging (BACOA)minorOthersCommunity partner organization sharing resources for seniors at the Senior Open House event.
• AgeOptionsminorOthersCommunity partner organization sharing resources for older adults at the Senior Open House event.
• Palatine TownshipminorOthersGovernment partner at the Senior Open House event providing community resources.
• Rolling Meadows Fire DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResolution 2024-007 approved an intergovernmental agreement for sharing apparatus with Rolling Meadows.
• Illinois Municipal League (IML)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResolution 2022-005 authorizes IML Foreign Fire Fee Collection for the district.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Schaumburg Fire Department: Adjacent suburban fire department in the same regional dispatch and mutual aid ecosystem; larger scale but serves as a useful comparison point for service delivery and capital planning approaches.
• Buffalo Grove Fire Department: Suburban Illinois municipal fire department providing fire suppression, EMS, and prevention services in a comparable residential community adjacent to Inverness; structurally similar operating scope.
• Hoffman Estates Fire Department: Northwest suburban Chicago fire department with comparable suburban residential service profile and fire/EMS delivery model; operates in the same mutual aid network as Inverness FPD.
• Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District: Neighboring Illinois fire protection district explicitly listed as a mutual aid and community event partner of Inverness FPD; operates under the same Illinois special district law framework with comparable service mix.
• Rolling Meadows Fire Department: Neighboring Illinois municipal fire agency party to Resolution 2024-007 apparatus-sharing agreement with Inverness; comparable suburban fire/EMS service model in adjacent geography.
• Palatine Rural Fire Protection District: Adjacent Illinois rural fire protection district; operates under the same special-district governance model and shares a staff portal platform (specialdistrict.org) with Inverness FPD, indicating peer scale and structure.
• Long Grove Fire Protection District: Suburban Illinois fire protection district serving a similarly affluent residential geography under the same Illinois special district framework; directly comparable operating model and tax-funded revenue base.
• Arlington Heights Fire Department: Larger suburban Chicago-area municipal fire department offering the same core fire/EMS/prevention services; useful comparable for understanding operating scale differences and mutual aid patterns.

Others

• Fire Safety Consultants Inc. (FSCI): Contracted plan review and inspection partner performing fire prevention services on Inverness FPD's behalf; an enabling service provider rather than a direct operational peer.
• Streamline (technology vendor): Technology provider powering the Inverness FPD website and serving as a transparency/governance platform for special districts; adjacent ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/InvernessFPD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inverness-fpd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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