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Ogle-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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
13/100
Ogle-Lee Fire Protection District - Rochelle 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 F
12.8 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
51 personnel · 4 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Rochelle, IL
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.

▲ 122% above the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel

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