Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHighland Park Fire Department
Highland Park, IL · Lake County. Highland Park Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Highland Park Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +152%
- vs. Illinois average
- 3
- stations
- $417,203
- 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.
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.
Highland Park Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Highland Park, IL (Lake County), with 3 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,833 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $417,203.
- National personnel rank #2,833 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #104 of 971
- 5.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 37 other listed departments in Lake County
Highland Park Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 LA201 · Highland Park Fire Department, IL 58 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,833
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hayes Crossing-Ha…
- FEMA-LIGHT $417K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hayes Crossing-Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Highland Park (this dept) 58
- High Preston Volunteer…, TX 58
- Near Hayes Crossing-Ha…, KY 58
- Near Missouri City Fir…, TX 58
- Near Northwest Volunte…, TX 58
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Highland Park, IL
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- LA201
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01709 | $247,354.54 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FO02476 | $169,848 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Highland Park Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #104 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,833 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
Highland Park Fire Department is 3.9% 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.
5.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hayes Crossing-Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.