The Homewood Village Board approved the expansion of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) 24 master agreement on Jan. 14.
MABAS has been around in Illinois since 1970 to allow mutual aid between villages when necessary for emergencies. The approval of this agreement will allow the villages of Matteson, Richton Park, and Park Forest to be added to MABAS 24, said Fire Chief Bob Grabowski.
The box alarm is what fire departments use and…
