Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station
Machesney Park, IL · Winnebago County. North Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 61 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.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +165%
- vs. Illinois average
- 3
- stations
- $764,065
- 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.
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.
North Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station is a Volunteer department serving Machesney Park, IL (Winnebago County), with 3 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,520 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $764,065.
- National personnel rank #2,520 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #98 of 971
- 4.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Winnebago County
North Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 WJ184 · North Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station, IL 61 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,520
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brenham
- FEMA-MID $764K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brenham Fire Department, 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.
- North Park Fire P… (this dept) 61
- High Georgetown City, KY 61
- Near Brenham, TX 61
- Near Durham, ME 61
- Near Euless, TX 61
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Machesney Park, IL
- County
- Winnebago County
- FDID
- WJ184
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-05196 | $294,802 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FF-00127 | $132,719.98 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FV01631 | $346,584 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF01002 | $-10,041 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How North Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #98 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,520 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 fringe
North Park Fire Protection District - Wood Avenue Station is 9.9% of Winnebago County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 618 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 62% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Brenham Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.