Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District

Stronghurst, IL · Henderson County. Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 33 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.

33
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Illinois average.

Top 39%
national personnel size
+43%
vs. Illinois average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
27/100
Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District

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.

Staffing capacity D
16.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
33 personnel · 2 stations

Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Stronghurst, IL (Henderson County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,769 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,769 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #375 of 971
  • 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Henderson County

Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 HD154 · Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District, IL 33 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,769
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bar Harbor Ambula…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bar Harbor Ambulance, 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Stronghurst, IL
FDID
HD154

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #375 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,769 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 43% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster weight

Media - Stronghurst - Terre Haute Fire Protection District carries 100.0% of Henderson County HIFLD personnel

Among 7 listed departments (33 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bar Harbor Ambulance, ME (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.