Department profile
VolunteerEffingham Fire Department
Effingham, IL · Effingham County. Effingham Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Effingham Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +126%
- 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.
Effingham Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Effingham, IL (Effingham County), with 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,568 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,568 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #138 of 971
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Effingham County
Effingham Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 EC142 · Effingham Fire Department, IL 52 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,568
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bexar-Bulverde Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bexar-Bulverde 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.
- Effingham (this dept) 52
- High Nova Chemicals -…, PA 52
- Near Bexar-Bulverde Vo…, TX 52
- Near Kittery Fire Depa…, ME 52
- Near Nacogdoches, TX 52
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Effingham, IL
- County
- Effingham County
- FDID
- EC142
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Effingham Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #138 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,568 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 geometry
Effingham County HIFLD mix around Effingham Fire Department
Effingham County: 10 departments, 263 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bexar-Bulverde 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 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.