Department profile
VolunteerHickory-Kerton Township Fire Department
Bluff City, IL · Schuyler County. Hickory-Kerton Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Hickory-Kerton Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Illinois average.
- 17th pct.
- national personnel size
- -22%
- 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.
Hickory-Kerton Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bluff City, IL (Schuyler County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,553 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,553 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #857 of 971
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Schuyler County
Hickory-Kerton Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 83% higher than 17% 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 FD233 · Hickory-Kerton Township Fire Department, IL 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,553
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Albany 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.
- Hickory-Kerton To… (this dept) 18
- High Blackjack Volunte…, TX 18
- Near Albany Volunteer, TX 18
- Near Baileyville Volun…, ME 18
- Near Bennette Fire Dep…, TX 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bluff City, IL
- County
- Schuyler County
- FDID
- FD233
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Hickory-Kerton Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #857 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,553 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 weight
Hickory-Kerton Township Fire Department carries 52.9% of Schuyler County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (34 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Albany Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.