Department profile
VolunteerBrighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District
Brighton, IL · Macoupin County. Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Illinois average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +30%
- 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.
Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Brighton, IL (Macoupin County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,925 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,925 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #438 of 971
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 17 other listed departments in Macoupin County
Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 MB124 · Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District, IL 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,925
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 167 Civil Enginee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Brighton Betsy An… (this dept) 30
- High Ata-Bexar County…, TX 30
- Near 167 Civil Enginee…, WV 30
- Near Alamo, TX 30
- Near Anderson County, KS 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Brighton, IL
- County
- Macoupin County
- FDID
- MB124
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #438 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,925 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
Brighton Betsy Ann Fire Protection District is 6.5% of Macoupin County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 464 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 6% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.