Department profile
VolunteerBrowning Fire Department
Browning, IL · Schuyler County. Browning Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Browning Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Illinois average.
- 13th pct.
- 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.
Browning Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Browning, IL (Schuyler County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,461 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,461 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #892 of 971
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Schuyler County
Browning Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 87% higher than 13% 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 SC113 · Browning Fire Department, IL 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,461
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 79 East Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 79 East 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.
- Browning (this dept) 16
- High Baldwin City, KS 16
- Near 79 East Volunteer, TX 16
- Near Alden, KS 16
- Near Alma, KS 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Browning, IL
- County
- Schuyler County
- FDID
- SC113
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Browning Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #892 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,461 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 weight
Browning Fire Department carries 47.1% of Schuyler County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (34 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 79 East 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 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.