{"id":20,"date":"2025-08-21T19:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:39:04","slug":"ashton-fire-mabas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Ashton Fire &amp; MABAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mabaslogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\" style=\"width:192px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mabaslogo.jpg 336w, https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mabaslogo-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MABAS<br><br>Mutual Aid Box Alarm System<br><br>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The primary purpose of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) is to coordinate the effective and efficient provision of mutual aid during emergencies, natural disasters, or man-made catastrophes. MABAS is not intended to relieve a community of their responsibilities of providing adequate emergency services for all local emergencies, since all communities should have their own first line of defense. When a community exhausts its resources, MABAS can be activated by the stricken community, and through a systematic plan, MABAS will provide:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00b7 Immediate assistance of personnel and equipment at the scene of an emergency or disaster.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00b7 Response teams of: firefighters, emergency medical services, hazardous materials, divers, etc.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00b7 Access to specialized equipment.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00b7 An organization comprised of fire departments from the State of Illinois &amp; Wisconsin.<br>Ashtons is part of Mabas Division 38 That consists of aprox. 12 emergency services agency&#8217;s in Lee County.<br><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoisfirestore.net\/mabas.html\">Division 38 Web Site<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logoAFPD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logoAFPD.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logoAFPD-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logoAFPD-768x157.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MABAS Mutual Aid Box Alarm System &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The primary purpose of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) is to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/?page_id=20\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ashton Fire &amp; MABAS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtonfiredepartment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}