Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Jacksonville Fire Department

Jacksonville, IL · Morgan County. Jacksonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 26 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.

26
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Jacksonville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.

44th pct.
national personnel size
+13%
vs. Illinois average
2
stations

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
14/100
Jacksonville Fire Department

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 F
13 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
26 personnel · 2 stations

Jacksonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Jacksonville, IL (Morgan County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,635 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,635 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #578 of 971
  • 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Morgan County

Jacksonville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 MQ111 · Jacksonville Fire Department, IL 26 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #12,635
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 161st Air Nationa…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Jacksonville, IL
FDID
MQ111

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Jacksonville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #578 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,635 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 13% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster weight

Jacksonville Fire Department carries 29.2% of Morgan County HIFLD personnel

Among 11 listed departments (89 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 27% of the county count. County / state rollup.

7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide career peers near 26 personnel

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