Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderElburn and Countryside Fire Protection District
Elburn, IL · Kane County. Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 66 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.
- 66
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +187%
- 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.
Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Elburn, IL (Kane County), with 2 stations and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,137 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,137 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #65 of 971
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Kane County
Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
66 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 KA182 · Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District, IL 66 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 66
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Auburn Rescue - C…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Auburn Rescue - Central Station, ME (+ 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.
- Elburn and Countr… (this dept) 66
- High Highland Park Dep…, TX 66
- Near Auburn Rescue - C…, ME 66
- Near Edcouch Volunteer, TX 66
- Near Henderson Fire De…, TX 66
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elburn, IL
- County
- Kane County
- FDID
- KA182
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #65 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,137 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
Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District is 6.9% of Kane County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 963 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 66 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Auburn Rescue - Central Station, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 66 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.