Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOgle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department
Rochelle, IL · Ogle County. Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +122%
- vs. Illinois average
- 4
- 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.
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.
Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rochelle, IL (Ogle County), with 4 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,736 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,736 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #145 of 971
- 7.84 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Ogle County
Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 OA184 · Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department, IL 51 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,736
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bath
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bath 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.
- Ogle-Lee Fire Pro… (this dept) 51
- High Del Rio Fire and…, TX 51
- Near Bath, ME 51
- Near Bowdoin Volunteer, ME 51
- Near Cuero, TX 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rochelle, IL
- County
- Ogle County
- FDID
- OA184
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #145 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,736 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster geometry
Ogle County HIFLD mix around Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle Fire Department
Ogle County: 13 departments, 311 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 77% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.84 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bath Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.