Department profile

Volunteer

Knoxville Community Fire Protection District

Knoxville, IL · Knox County. Knoxville Community Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 73 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

73
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 8%
national personnel size
+217%
vs. Illinois average
3
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
52/100
Knoxville Community 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
24.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
73 personnel · 3 stations

Knoxville Community Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Knoxville, IL (Knox County), with 3 stations and 73 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,763 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,763 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #47 of 971
  • 4.11 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Knox County

Knoxville Community Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

73 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 KD193 · Knoxville Community Fire Protection District, IL 73 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 73
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #1,763
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Edinburg Voluntee…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station, 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Knoxville, IL
FDID
KD193

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Knoxville Community Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #47 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,763 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 217% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster geometry

Knox County HIFLD mix around Knoxville Community Fire Protection District

Knox County: 15 departments, 430 personnel (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 73 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Edinburg Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station, TX (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 73 personnel

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