Department profile
VolunteerAbingdon Fire Protection District
Abingdon, IL · Knox County. Abingdon Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 47 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Abingdon Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +104%
- vs. Illinois average
- 3
- stations
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Abingdon Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Abingdon, IL (Knox County), with 3 stations and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,378 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,378 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #177 of 971
- 6.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Knox County
Abingdon Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet KD113 · Abingdon Fire Protection District, IL 47 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,378
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Burleson
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Burleson Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every IL department.
- Abingdon Fire Pro… (this dept) 47
- High Gainesville, TX 47
- Near Burleson, TX 47
- Near Caribou Fire and…, ME 47
- Near City of Terrell, TX 47
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Abingdon, IL
- County
- Knox County
- FDID
- KD113
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Abingdon Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #177 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,378 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster geometry
Knox County HIFLD mix around Abingdon Fire Protection District
Knox County: 15 departments, 430 personnel (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Burleson Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.