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Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company

Glen Ellyn, IL · Dupage County. Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 62 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.

62
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 11%
national personnel size
+170%
vs. Illinois average
2
stations
$267,882
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
70/100
Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company

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 B
31 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
62 personnel · 2 stations

Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Glen Ellyn, IL (Dupage County), with 2 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,433 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $267,882.

  • National personnel rank #2,433 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #88 of 971
  • 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 31 other listed departments in Dupage County

Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 DD264 · Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company, IL 62 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 62
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,433
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cedar Park
  • FEMA-LIGHT $268K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cedar Park 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Glen Ellyn, IL
FDID
DD264

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2016)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FO04019 $267,882

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #88 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,433 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 170% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster fringe

Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company is 3.8% of Dupage County roster mass

The county lists 51 departments totaling 1,613 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 62 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cedar Park Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Bloomingdale Fire Protection District
Bloomingdale · career
Clarendon Hills Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 62 personnel

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

Cedar Park Fire Department, TX 62 Mission Fire Department - Central Station, TX 62 Niagara Falls Air Reserve Fire Station-Dod, NY 62 Seguin Fire/Emergency Medical Services - Central Station, TX 62 Belmont Fire Department, NH 62 Thomaston Volunteer Fire Department, CT 62 Grand Blanc Fire Department, MI 62 Vernon Fire Department, AL 62

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company have?

Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company has 62 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 170% above the Illinois average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,433 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IL, it ranks #88 of 971 by personnel.

Does Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company operate?

Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company?

Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Dupage County, IL. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company received federal grants?

Yes, Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $267,882 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Illinois?

Illinois has 1,493 fire departments with 34,868 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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