Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service

Manito, IL · Mason County. Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 55 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.

55
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 14%
national personnel size
+139%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
33/100
Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service

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.

Staffing capacity D
18.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
55 personnel · 3 stations

Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Manito, IL (Mason County), with 3 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,141 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,141 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #119 of 971
  • 5.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Mason County

Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 MF173 · Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service, IL 55 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 55
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,141
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belton Fire Depar…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Belton Fire Department / 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Manito, IL
FDID
MF173

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #119 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,141 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 139% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster weight

Forman Fire Protection District / Forman Ambulance Service carries 25.7% of Mason County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (214 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 90% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 55 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Belton Fire Department / Emergency Medical Services, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Bath Fire Protection District
Bath · volunteer
Easton Rural Fire Department
Easton · volunteer
Forman Fire Protection District
Forest City · other
Havana Fire Department
Havana · volunteer
Kilbourne Fire Department
Kilbourne · volunteer
Mason City Fire Protection District
Mason City · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.