Department profile

Volunteer

Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station

Dallas City, IL · Hancock County. Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 71 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

71
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 8%
national personnel size
+209%
vs. Illinois average
4
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
31/100
Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station

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.

Staffing capacity D
17.8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
71 personnel · 4 stations

Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Dallas City, IL (Hancock County), with 4 stations and 71 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,837 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,837 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #53 of 971
  • 5.63 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Hancock County

Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

71 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 HB143 · Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station, IL 71 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 71
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #1,837
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andrews Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Andrews Volunteer 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Dallas City, IL
FDID
HB143

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #53 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,837 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 209% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster geometry

Hancock County HIFLD mix around Dallas City Rural Fire Protection District - Central Station

Hancock County: 12 departments, 286 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 71 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Andrews Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 71 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.