Department profile
VolunteerCherry Fire Department
Cherry, IL · Bureau County. Cherry Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cherry Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Illinois average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +48%
- 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.
Cherry Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cherry, IL (Bureau County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,287 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,287 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #350 of 971
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Bureau County
Cherry Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 BD143 · Cherry Fire Department, IL 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,287
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 162 Fighter Wing…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 162 Fighter Wing Fire Department-Dod, AZ (+ 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.
- Cherry (this dept) 34
- High Arundel Fire - Re…, ME 34
- Near 162 Fighter Wing…, AZ 34
- Near Angleton Volunteer, TX 34
- Near Arp Volunteer, TX 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cherry, IL
- County
- Bureau County
- FDID
- BD143
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Cherry Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #350 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,287 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
Cherry Fire Department is 7.5% of Bureau County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 456 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 25% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 162 Fighter Wing Fire Department-Dod, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.