Department profile
VolunteerBlue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District
Blue Mound, IL · Macon County. Blue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Blue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Illinois average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +22%
- 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.
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.
Blue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Blue Mound, IL (Macon County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,351 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,351 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #513 of 971
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Macon County
Blue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 MA133 · Blue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District, IL 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,351
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aledo Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aledo Volunteer 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.
- Blue Mound Commun… (this dept) 28
- High Bedford Volunteer…, KY 28
- Near Aledo Volunteer, TX 28
- Near Altamont-Mount Pl…, KS 28
- Near Anahuac Volunteer, TX 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Blue Mound, IL
- County
- Macon County
- FDID
- MA133
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Blue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #513 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,351 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
Blue Mound Community Rural Fire Protection District is 7.4% of Macon County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 379 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 13% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aledo Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.