Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLimestone Fire Protection District - Central Station
Peoria, IL · Peoria County. Limestone Fire Protection District - Central Station is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 53 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.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Limestone Fire Protection District - Central Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +130%
- vs. Illinois average
- 5
- 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.
Limestone Fire Protection District - Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Peoria, IL (Peoria County), with 5 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,473 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,473 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #130 of 971
- 9.43 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Peoria County
Limestone Fire Protection District - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 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 PA204 · Limestone Fire Protection District - Central Station, IL 53 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,473
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Acton Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Acton Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- Limestone Fire Pr… (this dept) 53
- High Crosby Volunteer, TX 53
- Near Acton Volunteer, ME 53
- Near Arkansas City Fir…, KS 53
- Near Cat Springs Volun…, TX 53
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Peoria, IL
- County
- Peoria County
- FDID
- PA204
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Limestone Fire Protection District - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #130 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,473 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
Limestone Fire Protection District - Central Station is 7.8% of Peoria County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 677 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Acton Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.