Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorthern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad
Washington, IL · Tazewell County. Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 64 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.
- 64
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +178%
- 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.
Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Washington, IL (Tazewell County), with 1 station and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,325 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,325 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #80 of 971
- 1.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Tazewell County
Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 TA268 · Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad, IL 64 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 64
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,325
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belfast Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belfast Volunteer Fire Department, 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.
- Northern Tazewell… (this dept) 64
- High Shelby County, KY 64
- Near Belfast Volunteer, ME 64
- Near Georgetown, TX 64
- Near Shallowater Volun…, TX 64
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Washington, IL
- County
- Tazewell County
- FDID
- TA268
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #80 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,325 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 geometry
Tazewell County HIFLD mix around Northern Tazewell Fire Protection District/Rescue Squad
Tazewell County: 27 departments, 501 personnel (15 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 56% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 64 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belfast Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 64 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.