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Pearl City Fire Dept.
210 S. Main St.
Pearl City, IL 61062

The Pearl City Fire Department

The Pearl City Fire Department, established in 1948, serves two fire stations - Pearl City and Kent. Chief Brent Schneider said they have a good mix of experienced and new fireefighters on their 38 member roster. “We get good training, and we all look out for one another, and our community.”

The department has had a good year upgrading their equipment. “We just received our new Toyne pumper on Sep 21,” said Mike Liebenstein, Ambulance Chief. “We received a federal grant covering $209,000 of the $280,000 cost. We also recently purchased a 1995 Smeal pumper used from German Valley Fire Dept for our station in Kent.”

Since 2002, the PCFD has received just short of a half million federal grant dollars for equipment.

The Pearl City Fire Department Officers are Fire Chief Brent Schneider, Assistant Chief Pat Gerke, Assistant Chief Scott Johnson, Captain Don Boebel, Captain Jayson Williams, Captain Dave Dixon, Lieutenant Todd Brinkmeier, Lt. Tom Tessendorf, Lt. Jim Geary, Ambulance Chief Mike Liebenstein, Training Officer Mat Diehl. Training Officer Derek Tessendorf, and Training and Safety Officer Steven Latham.

Company I personnel are Captain Dave Dixon, Lt. Todd Brinkmeier, Kirk Knoup, Shane Gipe, Mark Melville, Chad Mullen, Rob Knoup, Mike Liebenstein, Steven Latham, Mat Diehl, Jay Freedlund, Jon Liebenstein, and Dan Buss.

Company II personnel are Captain III Jayson Williams, Lieut. Jim Geary, Dwight Pickard, Bill Eaton, Charlie Boop, R. Liebenstein, Nathan Pickard, Ethan Pickard, Bobby Hill, Jamie Kempel, Brandon Roach, and Will Backus.

Company III personnel are Captain II Don Boebel, Lieut. Tom Tessendorf, Casey Gerke, Derek Tessendorf, Donnie Boebel, Sherri Tresemer, Nate Offenheiser, and Dave McWilliams.

EMT Staff and Firefighter II ( * ) are Brent Schneider*, Mark Melville, Jayson Williams*, Renee Liebenstein, Scott Johnson, Dave Dixon*, Rob Knoup*, Mike Liebenstein*, Todd Brinkmeier, Steven Latham, Jim Geary*, Mat Diehl*, Jamie Kempel, Jon Liebenstein*, Will Backus EMT-P, Michele Schiess, Don Boebel 821-5203(cell) EMT-P, and Derek Tessendorf. District Trustees are President Dal Murray, Secretary Boyd Boyer, and Treasurer Larry Johnson.