Scholarship applications for the Robert K. Guerin Memorial  Scholarship are available now.  The application deadline has been extended to April 9th, 2010.  Please find a copy of the application below.  This is a $1000 scholarship for graduating seniors who are the child or legal dependant of a Lake County  Firefighter/Paramedic/EMT. 

Special thanks to Stone Creek Grill for hosting another outstanding fundraising  event for Zion Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1999.  Roughly $1000 was raised during the 3rd annual event for the Angel Autism Network.  Thank you to all who attended, helped pass the boot, and donated to this worthy cause. 

Zion Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1999 are saddened to announce the passing of Ret. Fire Chief Ralph Shaffer.  Chief Shaffer was the last Volunteer Fire Chief of the Zion Fire Department before the department became a full-time municipal fire department.  He retired in 1978 from the department after serving for 28 years, but remained active in department functions.  Shaffer was laid to rest by family and friends at Mt. Olivet Cemetary on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.  Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. 

Please Join L1999 for Food, Fun, Pipes and Drums

Zion Professional Firefighters Local 1999 have announced the third annual St. Patricks Day fundraiser for 2010.  On Saturday March 20th from 5pm - midnight Local 1999, friends, and families will be passing a boot at Stonecreek Bar and Grill, 206 Sheridan Road in Winthrop Harbor, raising money again for the Angel Autism Network.  Pipes and Drums will be playing for donations to this worthy cause.  

Angel Autism Network  based out of Milwaukee, WI provides support to children with autism and their families by providing the following:

• Funding for needed therapies
• Networks of:
  • Parent to Parent Resources
  • Parent to Community Resources
• Education of:
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Related Biomedical
  • Behavioral Interventions

Please join Local 1999 on Saturday March 20th, 2010 for this fundraising event at Stonecreek Bar and Grill from 5pm - midnight!

On December 5, 2009 Zion Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1999 in conjunction with the Zion Police Association and Wal-Mart of Zion will be providing an early Christmas for families in need.  For the first time in Zion, firefighters will join police officers in helping area children shop for Christmas presents for themselves and their family in the Shop with a Cop/Firefighter program.  The kids selected by their area grade schools will meet police and fire personnel at the Zion Police Station where they will have a pizza lunch and then head out to Wal-Mart of Zion to shop for Christmas presents.  At the conclusion of the event, everyone will return to the Police Station where the gifts purchased will be wrapped and returned to the kids to put under the tree at their homes.  Local 1999 is proud to join with the Zion Police Association in this endeavor to help area families in need at this time of year.