Department profile
VolunteerForrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District
Forrest, IL · Livingston County. Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Illinois average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +96%
- 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.
Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Forrest, IL (Livingston County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,819 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,819 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #197 of 971
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Livingston County
Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 LE193 · Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District, IL 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,819
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blue Hill Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Blue Hill Volunteer Fire Department, 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.
- Forrest-Strawn-Wi… (this dept) 45
- High Cameron Volunteer, TX 45
- Near Blue Hill Volunte…, ME 45
- Near Bonner Springs, KS 45
- Near Camden, ME 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Forrest, IL
- County
- Livingston County
- FDID
- LE193
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #197 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,819 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
Livingston County HIFLD mix around Forrest-Strawn-Wing Fire Protection District
Livingston County: 15 departments, 408 personnel (13 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 27% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Blue Hill Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.