Department profile
VolunteerEast Dubuque Fire Department
East Dubuque, IL · Jo Daviess County. East Dubuque Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
East Dubuque Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +9%
- vs. Illinois average
- 2
- 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 Dubuque Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving East Dubuque, IL (Jo Daviess County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,310 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,310 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #610 of 971
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Jo Daviess County
East Dubuque Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 JE134 · East Dubuque Fire Department, IL 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #13,310
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alamo Heights Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alamo Heights Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, 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.
- East Dubuque (this dept) 25
- High Alto, TX 25
- Near Alamo Heights Fir…, TX 25
- Near Albion, ME 25
- Near Alligator Fire Di…, SC 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- East Dubuque, IL
- County
- Jo Daviess County
- FDID
- JE134
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How East Dubuque Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #610 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,310 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
East Dubuque Fire Department is 9.1% of Jo Daviess County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 274 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alamo Heights Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.