Department profile
VolunteerLaharpe Fire Protection District
La Harpe, IL · Hancock County. Laharpe Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 54 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 54
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Laharpe Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +135%
- 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.
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.
Laharpe Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving La Harpe, IL (Hancock County), with 3 stations and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,354 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,354 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #125 of 971
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Hancock County
Laharpe Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 HB163 · Laharpe Fire Protection District, IL 54 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 54
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,354
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clay Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clay Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Laharpe Fire Prot… (this dept) 54
- High Kingsville, TX 54
- Near Clay Volunteer, KY 54
- Near Denison Fire Depa…, TX 54
- Near Dixfield Fire Com…, ME 54
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- La Harpe, IL
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- HB163
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Laharpe Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #125 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,354 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 geometry
Hancock County HIFLD mix around Laharpe Fire Protection District
Hancock County: 12 departments, 286 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 54 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clay Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.