Department profile
VolunteerEast Cape-McClure Fire Department
Mcclure, IL · Alexander County. East Cape-McClure Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
East Cape-McClure Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Illinois average.
- 46th pct.
- national personnel size
- +17%
- vs. Illinois average
- 3
- 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.
East Cape-McClure Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mcclure, IL (Alexander County), with 3 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,019 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,019 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #540 of 971
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Alexander County
East Cape-McClure Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 AB134 · East Cape-McClure Fire Department, IL 27 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,019
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 111th Fighter Win…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 111th Fighter Wing Pennsylvania Air National Guard Fire Department-Dod, PA (+ 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.
- East Cape-McClure (this dept) 27
- High Alvord Volunteer, TX 27
- Near 111th Fighter Win…, PA 27
- Near 131st Fighter Win…, MO 27
- Near AK Steel Plant Pr…, PA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mcclure, IL
- County
- Alexander County
- FDID
- AB134
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How East Cape-McClure Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #540 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,019 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster geometry
Alexander County HIFLD mix around East Cape-McClure Fire Department
Alexander County: 6 departments, 119 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 111th Fighter Wing Pennsylvania Air National Guard Fire Department-Dod, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.