Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Homer Township Fire Protection District

Lockport, IL · Will County. Homer Township Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 56 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.

56
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Homer Township Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+143%
vs. Illinois average
2
stations
$580,603
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
62/100
Homer Township 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 B
28 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
56 personnel · 2 stations

Homer Township Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Lockport, IL (Will County), with 2 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,003 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $580,603.

  • National personnel rank #3,003 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #115 of 971
  • 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 31 other listed departments in Will County

Homer Township Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

56 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 WG214 · Homer Township Fire Protection District, IL 56 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 56
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,003
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Addison
  • FEMA-MID $581K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Addison 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
Lockport, IL
FDID
WG214

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2017)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FV01893 $318,182
2014 EMW2013FO00676 $262,421

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

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Homer Township Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #115 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,003 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 143% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster fringe

Homer Township Fire Protection District is 4.3% of Will County roster mass

The county lists 45 departments totaling 1,315 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 56 roster).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel

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

Addison Fire Department, TX 56 Elk County Rural Fire District - Howard, KS 56 Hurst Fire Department, TX 56 Sam Bass Volunteer Fire Department, TX 56 Thorndale Volunteer Fire Department, TX 56 South Lane County Fire and Rescue, OR 56 Sheridan Fire District, OR 56 Westside Rural Fire Protection District, OR 56

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Homer Township Fire Protection District have?

Homer Township Fire Protection District has 56 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 143% above the Illinois average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,003 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IL, it ranks #115 of 971 by personnel.

Does Homer Township Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Homer Township Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Homer Township Fire Protection District operate?

Homer Township Fire Protection District operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Homer Township Fire Protection District?

Homer Township Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Will County, IL. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Homer Township Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, Homer Township Fire Protection District has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $580,603 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2017 (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.