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IFCA Annual Conference

 

Conference Dates:  October 12-15, 2025

 

Exhibit Days:  October 13-14, 2025

Peoria Civic Center/Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette

201 SW JEFFERSON

PEORIA ILLINOIS, USA, 61602

 

501 MAIN STREET,

PEORIA, ILLINOIS, USA, 61602

 

Registration Materials will be available around July 1, 2025

 

For more information contact the IFCA Office at info@illinoisfirechiefs.org

 

 

 

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Future Conference Dates

To Be Announced

 

In the early years of The IFCA Annual Conference traveled around the State of Illinois.  Departments submitted proposals to host the Annual Conference.  The Chief and his department planned the evening events and chose the Conference Gift to represent their city.  The Chief’s wife planned and hosted the Women’s program.  Exhibits at conferences began with a few table top displays setup in a hotel hallway then to a larger room within a hotel and maybe a few apparatus outside to today where we occupy over 108,00 square feet of the Peoria Civic Center with everything under one roof.

In 1991 the Executive Board determined that the Annual Conference would only be held in fully sprinklered buildings.  Peoria’s Civic Center and adjacent hotels fit the requirement, was centrally located and the Peoria Fire Department welcomed the opportunity to host the Illinois Fire Chiefs on an annual basis.

1951	Bloomington	1973	Collinsville
1952	Springfield	1974	Mattoon
1953	Danville	1975	Arlington Heights
1954	Rockford	1976	Belleville
1955	Peoria	1977	Joliet/Arlington Heights
1956	Bloomington	1978	Rockford
1957	Decatur	1979	Elgin
1958	Mattoon	1980	Rockton
1959	Peoria	1981	Oak Lawn
1960	Danville	1982	Peoria
1961	Quincy	1983	Mundelein
1962	Springfield	1984	Oak Brook
1963	Waukegan	1985	Peoria
1964	Joliet	1986	St. Charles
1965	Kankakee	1987	Rockford
1966	Springfield	1988	Peoria
1967	Galesburg	1989	Champaign
1968	Rosemont	1990	Rockford
1969	Rock Island	1991	Peoria
1970	Effingham	1992	Decatur
1971	Danville	1993--	Peoria
1972	Elmhurst