Department profile
Career (Paid)Centralia Fire Department
Centralia, IL · Marion County. Centralia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Centralia Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.
- 31st pct.
- national personnel size
- -4%
- vs. Illinois average
- 2
- stations
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.
Centralia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Centralia, IL (Marion County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,500 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,500 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #727 of 971
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Marion County
Centralia Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 MD111 · Centralia Fire Department, IL 22 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #15,500
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ables Springs Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, 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.
- Centralia (this dept) 22
- High Beckville Volunte…, TX 22
- Near Ables Springs Vol…, TX 22
- Near Alba Volunteer, TX 22
- Near Allensville Volun…, KY 22
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Centralia, IL
- County
- Marion County
- FDID
- MD111
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Centralia Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #727 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,500 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
Centralia Fire Department is 8.6% of Marion County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 257 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 40% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.