Department profile
VolunteerDallas 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.
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.
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.
- Dallas City Rural… (this dept) 71
- High Ellis County Rura…, KS 71
- Near Andrews Volunteer, TX 71
- Near Burtonsville Volu…, MD 71
- Near Eagle Pass Fire D…, TX 71
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dallas City, IL
- County
- Hancock County
- 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.
- 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).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 71 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.