Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBedford Park Fire Department
Bedford Park, IL · Cook County. Bedford Park Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 68 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.
- 68
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bedford Park Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +196%
- vs. Illinois average
- 2
- stations
- $224,007
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Bedford Park Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bedford Park, IL (Cook County), with 2 stations and 68 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,026 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $224,007.
- National personnel rank #2,026 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #61 of 971
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 128 other listed departments in Cook County
Bedford Park Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
68 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 CS172 · Bedford Park Fire Department, IL 68 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 68
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,026
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Lake Travis…
- FEMA-LIGHT $224K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Lake Travis Fire and Rescue, TX (+ 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.
- Bedford Park (this dept) 68
- High North Washington…, CO 68
- Near North Lake Travis…, TX 68
- Near Roxbury Volunteer, NY 68
- Near Lake Stevens, WA 68
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Bedford Park, IL
- County
- Cook County
- FDID
- CS172
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | EMW2012FO00513 | $224,007 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Bedford Park Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #61 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,026 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
Bedford Park Fire Department is 1.2% 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.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 68 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Lake Travis Fire and Rescue, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 68 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.