Department profile
VolunteerColona Community Fire Protection District
Colona, IL · Henry County. Colona Community Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Colona Community Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Illinois average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- 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.
Colona Community Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Colona, IL (Henry County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,258 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,258 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #298 of 971
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Henry County
Colona Community Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 HE173 · Colona Community Fire Protection District, IL 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,258
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bellaire
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bellaire 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.
- Colona Community… (this dept) 36
- High Bowie Fire Depart…, TX 36
- Near Bellaire, TX 36
- Near Bingham Volunteer, ME 36
- Near Bleiblerville Vol…, TX 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Colona, IL
- County
- Henry County
- FDID
- HE173
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Colona Community Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #298 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,258 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
Colona Community Fire Protection District is 8.9% of Henry County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 406 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bellaire Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.