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FEMA / U.S. Fire Administration papers; Clay Fire Territory record; March 2026 merger coverage
Fire protection is the Clay Fire Territory's, and Indian Village helped create it. Before 2001 the Clay Township Fire Department served the town by contract. In the words of a Fire Administration paper: "In March of 2001, the legislative bodies of Clay Township, the Town of Indian Village and Town of Roseland entered into a joint venture creating the Clay Fire Protection Territory." German Township joined in 2007 and Harris Township in 2010, and the territory's own reporting lists Indian Village among the communities it serves. The service stands in transition, printed as a transition: on 24 March 2026 board members from seven communities — the Clay, German, Harris and Penn townships and the towns of Osceola, Indian Village and Roseland — voted to merge the Clay and Penn fire territories into one beginning in 2027; at November 2026 the provider remains the Clay Fire Territory. The merger's projected combined fire rate was carried at 45.37 cents per $100 of assessed value against the two territories' then-current 25.97 and 27.88 cents. The 2026 budget order was certified before the merger takes effect, so no merged-territory rate appears in it; the Department's 2027 budget order is the settler for the rate the town will actually pay.