Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMcHenry Township Fire Protection District
Mchenry, IL · Mchenry County. McHenry Township Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 148 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.
- 148
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
McHenry Township Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +543%
- 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.
McHenry Township Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Mchenry, IL (Mchenry County), with 3 stations and 148 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #427 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #427 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #7 of 971
- 2.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Mchenry County
McHenry Township Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
148 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 MJ213 · McHenry Township Fire Protection District, IL 148 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 148
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #427
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montgomery County…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Montgomery County Rural Fire District, KS (+ 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.
- High Magnolia Voluntee…, TX 149
- McHenry Township… (this dept) 148
- Near Montgomery County…, KS 148
- Near Delray Beach Fire…, FL 148
- Near Waverly-Barton Fi…, NY 148
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mchenry, IL
- County
- Mchenry County
- FDID
- MJ213
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How McHenry Township Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #7 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #427 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
Mchenry County HIFLD mix around McHenry Township Fire Protection District
Mchenry County: 23 departments, 664 personnel (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 87% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 148 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Montgomery County Rural Fire District, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 148 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.