Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDorsey Volunteer Fire Department
Dorsey, IL · Madison County. Dorsey Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dorsey Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.
- 25th pct.
- national personnel size
- -13%
- 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.
Dorsey Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dorsey, IL (Madison County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,942 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,942 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #788 of 971
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 40 other listed departments in Madison County
Dorsey Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 MC274 · Dorsey Volunteer Fire Department, IL 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,942
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 2604 Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 2604 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.
- Dorsey Volunteer (this dept) 20
- High Andover, ME 20
- Near 2604 Volunteer, TX 20
- Near Abilene, KS 20
- Near Alliant Techsyste…, UT 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dorsey, IL
- County
- Madison County
- FDID
- MC274
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Dorsey Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #788 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,942 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
Dorsey Volunteer Fire Department is 1.6% of Madison County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,214 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 40% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 2604 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 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.