Department profile
VolunteerFairfield Fire Department
Fairfield, IL · Wayne County. Fairfield Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairfield Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.
- 44th 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.
Fairfield Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fairfield, IL (Wayne County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,546 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,546 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #575 of 971
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Wayne County
Fairfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 WD122 · Fairfield Fire Department, IL 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,546
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 161st Air Nationa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+ 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.
- Fairfield (this dept) 26
- High Brazoria, TX 26
- Near 161st Air Nationa…, AZ 26
- Near Alna Volunteer, ME 26
- Near Beach City Volunt…, TX 26
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fairfield, IL
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- WD122
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Fairfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #575 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,546 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 geometry
Wayne County HIFLD mix around Fairfield Fire Department
Wayne County: 6 departments, 163 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.