Department profile
VolunteerLincoln Fire Protection District
Charleston, IL · Coles County. Lincoln 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
Lincoln 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.
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.
Lincoln Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Charleston, IL (Coles 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 #1,765 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,765 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #48 of 971
- 4.11 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Coles County
Lincoln 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 CJ174 · Lincoln 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 #1,765
- 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.
- Lincoln Fire Prot… (this dept) 73
- High Sherman, TX 73
- Near Edinburg Voluntee…, TX 73
- Near Fort Wainwright F…, AK 73
- Near Lumberton Fire an…, TX 73
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Charleston, IL
- County
- Coles County
- FDID
- CJ174
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Lincoln Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #48 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,765 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 weight
Lincoln Fire Protection District carries 40.1% of Coles County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (182 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 25% of the county count. 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).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 73 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.