Department profile

Volunteer

Franklin Fire Protection District

Franklin, IL · Morgan County. Franklin Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

22
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Franklin Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.

30th pct.
national personnel size
-4%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Franklin Fire Protection District

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 C
22 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel · 1 station

Franklin Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Franklin, IL (Morgan County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,620 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,620 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #732 of 971
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Morgan County

Franklin Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 MQ154 · Franklin Fire Protection District, IL 22 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #15,620
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ables Springs Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ables Springs 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Franklin, IL
FDID
MQ154

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Franklin Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #732 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,620 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 4% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster geometry

Morgan County HIFLD mix around Franklin Fire Protection District

Morgan County: 11 departments, 89 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 9% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel

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