Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderLemont Fire Protection District
Lemont, IL · Cook County. Lemont Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 69 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.
- 69
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lemont Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- vs. Illinois average
- 4
- stations
- $165,238
- 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.
Lemont Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Lemont, IL (Cook County), with 4 stations and 69 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,003 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $165,238.
- National personnel rank #2,003 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #57 of 971
- 5.80 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 128 other listed departments in Cook County
Lemont Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
69 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 CS552 · Lemont Fire Protection District, IL 69 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 69
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,003
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Channelview Volun…
- FEMA-LIGHT $165K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Channelview Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Lemont Fire Prote… (this dept) 69
- High Mulvane Emergency…, KS 69
- Near Channelview Volun…, TX 69
- Near Flower Mound, TX 69
- Near Laytonsville Volu…, MD 69
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Lemont, IL
- County
- Cook County
- FDID
- CS552
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0686 | $165,240 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF01497 | $-2 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Lemont Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #57 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,003 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
Lemont Fire Protection District is 1.2% of Cook County roster mass
The county lists 181 departments totaling 5,736 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.80 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 69 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Channelview Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 69 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.