Department profile
VolunteerNorth Pekin Volunteer Fire Department
North Pekin, IL · Tazewell County. North Pekin Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
North Pekin Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Illinois average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- -26%
- vs. Illinois average
- 1
- station
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 Pekin Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving North Pekin, IL (Tazewell County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,246 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,246 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #884 of 971
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- 21 other listed departments in Tazewell County
North Pekin Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 TA254 · North Pekin Volunteer Fire Department, IL 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,246
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Berlin Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Berlin Volunteer Fire Association, OK (+ 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 Pekin Volun… (this dept) 17
- High Burdett, KS 17
- Near Berlin Volunteer…, OK 17
- Near Big Lake Volunteer, TX 17
- Near Bloomburg Volunte…, TX 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Pekin, IL
- County
- Tazewell County
- FDID
- TA254
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How North Pekin Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #884 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,246 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
North Pekin Volunteer Fire Department is 3.4% of Tazewell County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 501 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 56% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Berlin Volunteer Fire Association, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.