Department profile

Volunteer

Anchor Fire Department

Anchor, IL · Mclean County. Anchor Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Anchor Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Illinois average.

15th pct.
national personnel size
-26%
vs. Illinois average
1
station

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Anchor Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
17 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
17 personnel · 1 station

Anchor Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Anchor, IL (Mclean County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,979 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,979 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #879 of 971
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • 25 other listed departments in Mclean County

Anchor Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

17 Top 85% higher than 15% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet MK114 · Anchor Fire Department, IL 17 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #18,979
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Berlin Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Berlin Volunteer Fire Association, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Anchor, IL
FDID
MK114

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Anchor Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #879 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,979 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 26% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster fringe

Anchor Fire Department is 2.9% of Mclean County roster mass

The county lists 30 departments totaling 588 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 40% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Berlin Volunteer Fire Association, OK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Arrowsmith Fire Department
Arrowsmith · volunteer
Bellflower Fire Department
Bellflower · volunteer
Carlock Fire Protection District
Carlock · volunteer
Colfax Fire Department
Colfax · volunteer
All IL departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.