Department profile
Career (Paid)Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Marion, IL · Williamson County. Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 9 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 9
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Illinois average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -61%
- 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.
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a Career (Paid) department serving Marion, IL (Williamson County), with 1 station and 9 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,103 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,103 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #964 of 971
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Williamson County
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
9 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 IL-CRAB-ORCHARD-NATIONAL-WILDLIFE-REFUGE-IL · Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, IL 9 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 9
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #22,103
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Americus
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Americus Fire Department, KS (+ 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.
- Crab Orchard Nati… (this dept) 9
- High Gem, KS 9
- Near Americus, KS 9
- Near Baring Plantation…, ME 9
- Near Cherokee Township…, KS 9
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Marion, IL
- County
- Williamson County
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #964 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,103 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
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is 3.2% 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.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 9 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Americus Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 9 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.