Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District

Round Lake, IL · Lake County. Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 77 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.

77
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 7%
national personnel size
+235%
vs. Illinois average
3
stations
$755,988
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
56/100
Greater Round Lake 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
25.7 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
77 personnel · 3 stations

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Round Lake, IL (Lake County), with 3 stations and 77 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,584 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $755,988.

  • National personnel rank #1,584 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #46 of 971
  • 3.90 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 37 other listed departments in Lake County

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

77 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 LA342 · Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District, IL 77 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 77
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,584
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Naval Air Station…
  • FEMA-MID $756K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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 CAREER
Location
Round Lake, IL
FDID
LA342

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2017)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FO04110 $197,893
2016 EMW2015FO06327 $367,250
2009 EMW-2009-FO-0986 $190,845

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

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #46 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,584 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 235% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster fringe

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District is 5.2% of Lake County roster mass

The county lists 50 departments totaling 1,482 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 77 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 77 personnel

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

Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Fire Department, TX 77 Poulsbo Fire Department, WA 77 Medford Fire and Rescue, OR 77 Stayton Rural Fire Protection District - Stayton Station, OR 77 New Bern Fire Rescue Department, NC 77 Westport Fire Department, CT 77 Clovis Fire Department, NM 77 Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District, FL 77

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District have?

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District has 77 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 235% above the Illinois average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,584 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IL, it ranks #46 of 971 by personnel.

Does Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District operate?

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District?

Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Lake County, IL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $755,988 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.