Department profile
VolunteerOneida-Wataga Fire Protection District
Oneida, IL · Knox County. Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +109%
- 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.
Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Oneida, IL (Knox County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,319 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,319 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #174 of 971
- 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Knox County
Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 KD254 · Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District, IL 48 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,319
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 104th Fighter Win…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 104th Fighter Wing Barnes Air National Guard Fire and Rescue-Dod, MA (+ 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.
- Oneida-Wataga Fir… (this dept) 48
- High Lake Havasu City, AZ 48
- Near 104th Fighter Win…, MA 48
- Near Central, SC 48
- Near Fort Detrick Fire…, MD 48
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Oneida, IL
- County
- Knox County
- FDID
- KD254
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #174 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,319 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
Knox County HIFLD mix around Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District
Knox County: 15 departments, 430 personnel (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 104th Fighter Wing Barnes Air National Guard Fire and Rescue-Dod, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.