Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Arlington Heights Fire Department

Arlington Heights, IL · Cook County. Arlington Heights Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 106 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

106
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Arlington Heights Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 4%
national personnel size
+361%
vs. Illinois average
4
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
58/100
Arlington Heights 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 C
26.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
106 personnel · 4 stations

Arlington Heights Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Arlington Heights, IL (Cook County), with 4 stations and 106 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #820 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #820 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #18 of 971
  • 3.77 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 128 other listed departments in Cook County

Arlington Heights Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

106 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 CN171 · Arlington Heights Fire Department, IL 106 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 106
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #820
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Germantown Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Germantown Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Arlington Heights, IL
FDID
CN171

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2007)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2007 EMW2006FF04052 $-95,220

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Arlington Heights Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #18 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #820 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 361% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster fringe

Arlington Heights Fire Department is 1.8% of Cook County roster mass

The county lists 181 departments totaling 5,736 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 106 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Germantown Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 106 personnel

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

Germantown Volunteer Fire Department, MD 106 Morganton Department of Public Safety, NC 106 Columbus Fire Department, IN 106 Evergreen Fire and Rescue, CO 106 Boynton Beach Fire Rescue, FL 106 Rockdale County Fire Department, GA 106 City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue, FL 106 Mansfield Fire Department, OH 106

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Arlington Heights Fire Department have?

Arlington Heights Fire Department has 106 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 361% above the Illinois average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #820 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IL, it ranks #18 of 971 by personnel.

Does Arlington Heights Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Arlington Heights Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Arlington Heights Fire Department operate?

Arlington Heights Fire Department operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Arlington Heights Fire Department?

Arlington Heights Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cook County, IL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Arlington Heights Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Arlington Heights Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $-95,220 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2007 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2007.

How many fire departments are in Illinois?

Illinois has 1,493 fire departments with 34,868 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.