Unit 7 Fire Protection District, Station 1, Gillespie

10/24/2026

We’re set up and ready to serve you! Come see us at Gillespie Lake!

10/21/2026

🎃🔥 IT’S GOING TO BE A BIG WEEKEND IN GILLESPIE! 🔥🎃

Mark your calendars and get the family ready for a fun-filled weekend right here in our community! There’s something for everyone! 👏

🍂 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD — FOURTH FRIDAYS
📍 Downtown Gillespie
⏰ 5–7 PM

Come out and support our local vendors, enjoy restaurant specials, shop local, listen to a guest speaker from the Illinois Coal Museum at 5:30 PM, and check out the fire truck tours at 5 PM! Stick around for a movie on Chestnut Street at 7 PM! 🛍️🚒🎬

🎃 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24TH — GILLESPIE FIRE DEPARTMENT HALLOWEEN COOKOUT
📍 Gillespie Lake
⏰ Starting at 12 PM

Come hungry and enjoy pork chops, pork burgers, hot dogs, and hand-cut fries! 🍔🍟 And the best part? FREE HOT DOGS FOR KIDS 16 AND UNDER! 🌭❤️

Bring the kids, bring your friends, and come out to support our local businesses, community organizations, and your Gillespie Fire Department!

Let’s make it a BIG weekend for Gillespie! 🧡🖤

Shop local. Support local. Show up for your community! 🙌

🎃🚒

10/21/2026

Join us Friday on E. Chestnut!

On Friday, Gillespie’s downtown businesses will stay open later and our restaurants will have specials, but there’s more: vendors on Main St (including a DJ), visiting fire trucks, and a guest speaker sponsored by the library at the coal museum at 5:30.

This is our last Fourth Friday for 2026, so join us and enjoy an evening out in downtown Gillespie!

10/13/2026

🎃🔥 GILLESPIE FIRE DEPARTMENT HALLOWEEN COOKOUT! 🔥🎃

Bring the family out to Gillespie Lake on Saturday, October 24th, starting at 12 PM! 🍂👻

We’ll have some great food hot off the grill, including:
🍖 Pork chops
🍔 Pork burgers
🌭 Hot dogs
🍟 Hand-cut fries

🎉 FREE HOT DOGS FOR ALL KIDS 16 AND UNDER! 🌭❤️

Come enjoy some good food, spend time with your friends and neighbors, and celebrate Halloween with your local firefighters!

👨‍🚒❤️ It’s all about the kids, the community, and bringing everyone together!

📍 Gillespie Lake
📅 Saturday, October 24th
⏰ Starting at 12 PM

Share this post and help us spread the word! We can’t wait to see everyone there! 🎃🚒🧡🖤

10/12/2026

We would like to thank everyone who showed up yesterday for our open house. We were proud to show off our new truck and our new gear racks (metal donated by Aladdin Steel, and paint donated by McKay Napa) We would like to thank John J. Blank and Christy Edwards Blank with Shelter insurance for the donation of the hotdogs and chips that we had! Thanks again everyone!

10/10/2026

Remember tomorrow 10-2 come out and see us!

Join us October 11th for our annual open house! New things are in the works! Come see what all your support has got us!

10/02/2026

NO FISH FOR YOU!…after tonight.

That’s right, today is our LAST Fish Fry of the season and, frankly, we’ve got some grievances to air:

- Fish fry season is ending.
- Winter is coming.
- Captain Link still hasn’t demonstrated the required Feats of Strength to keep the fryers running another week.

It’s a Festivus miracle we’ve made it this long.

So get to 901 Springfield Road today starting at 4 PM and get your final fish fix of the season.

Because next Friday, you can yell “SERENITY NOW” all you want, but it’ll truly be NO FISH FOR YOU and we will be on a break.

09/27/2026

Join us October 11th for our annual open house! New things are in the works! Come see what all your support has got us!