Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Naperville Fire Department

Naperville, IL · Dupage County. Naperville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 239 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.

239
Total personnel
8
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Naperville Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+939%
vs. Illinois average
8
stations
$1,938,722
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Naperville Fire Department

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 B
29.9 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
239 personnel · 8 stations

Naperville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Naperville, IL (Dupage County), with 8 stations and 239 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #170 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,938,722.

  • National personnel rank #170 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #1 of 971
  • 3.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 31 other listed departments in Dupage County

Naperville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

239 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 DD132 · Naperville Fire Department, IL 239 personnel · 8 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 239
  • STA-MULTI 8 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #170
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Flint
  • FEMA-MID $1.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Flint Fire Department, MI (+ 1 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Naperville, IL
FDID
DD132

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2017)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00388 $936,721.97
2014 EMW2013FH00317 $1,002,000

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Naperville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #1 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #170 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 939% above the state average
Stations
8
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster geometry

Dupage County HIFLD mix around Naperville Fire Department

Dupage County: 51 departments, 1,613 personnel (9 volunteer / 18 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 94% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 239 roster).

Photo-finish peer: City of Flint Fire Department, MI (+1 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Argonne Fire Department
Lemont · career
Bensenville Fire Protection District
Bensenville · career
Bloomingdale Fire Protection District
Bloomingdale · career
Clarendon Hills Fire Department
Clarendon Hills · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 239 personnel

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

City of Flint Fire Department, MI 240 Hicksville Fire Department, NY 240 Lindenhurst Fire Department, NY 240 Stamford Fire and Rescue Department, CT 241 Portland Fire Department, ME 236 Lansing Fire and Rescue, MI 235 Manchester Fire Department, NH 243 Beaumont Fire and Rescue, TX 234

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Naperville Fire Department have?

Naperville Fire Department has 239 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 939% above the Illinois average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #170 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IL, it ranks #1 of 971 by personnel.

Does Naperville Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Naperville Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Naperville Fire Department operate?

Naperville Fire Department operates 8 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Naperville Fire Department?

Naperville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Dupage County, IL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Naperville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Naperville Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,938,721.97 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Illinois?

Illinois has 1,493 fire departments with 34,868 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.