Department profile
VolunteerBush Volunteer Fire Department
De Soto, IL · Williamson County. Bush Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bush Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Illinois average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -57%
- 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.
Bush Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving De Soto, IL (Williamson County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,836 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,836 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #961 of 971
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Williamson County
Bush Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 JA244 · Bush Volunteer Fire Department, IL 10 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arbala Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arbala Volunteer Fire and Rescue 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.
- Bush Volunteer (this dept) 10
- High Big Wells Volunte…, TX 10
- Near Arbala Volunteer…, TX 10
- Near Arcadia Volunteer, KS 10
- Near Athol City and Ru…, KS 10
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- De Soto, IL
- County
- Williamson County
- FDID
- JA244
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Bush Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #961 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,836 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
Bush Volunteer Fire Department is 3.6% of Williamson County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 277 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 36% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arbala Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.