Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGerman Valley Fire Protection District
German Valley, IL · Stephenson County. German Valley Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
German Valley Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Illinois average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- 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.
German Valley Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving German Valley, IL (Stephenson County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,305 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,305 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #302 of 971
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Stephenson County
German Valley Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 SH163 · German Valley Fire Protection District, IL 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,305
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bellaire
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bellaire 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.
- German Valley Fir… (this dept) 36
- High Bowie Fire Depart…, TX 36
- Near Bellaire, TX 36
- Near Bingham Volunteer, ME 36
- Near Bleiblerville Vol…, TX 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- German Valley, IL
- County
- Stephenson County
- FDID
- SH163
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How German Valley Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #302 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,305 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 geometry
Stephenson County HIFLD mix around German Valley Fire Protection District
Stephenson County: 14 departments, 313 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 29% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bellaire Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.