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Firehouse Fun: Families get inside look during fire department’s open house

9:25 a.m. October 11, 2021

Thousands of residents visited the Wilmette Fire Department on Saturday, Oct. 9, for the annual open house.

The event coincides with Fire Prevention Week, and local first-responders demonstrated a number of department resources.

Photos by Joe Coughlin

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