Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Orland Fire Protection District

Orland Park, IL · Cook County. Orland Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 152 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.

152
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Orland Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+561%
vs. Illinois average
6
stations
$1,097,923
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
43/100
Orland Fire Protection District

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 C
25.3 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 D
$7,223 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
152 personnel · 6 stations

Orland Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Orland Park, IL (Cook County), with 6 stations and 152 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #400 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,097,923.

  • National personnel rank #400 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #6 of 971
  • 3.95 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 128 other listed departments in Cook County

Orland Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

152 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 CS132 · Orland Fire Protection District, IL 152 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 152
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #400
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Attala County
  • FEMA-MID $1.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Attala County Fire Department, MS (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Orland Park, IL
FDID
CS132

FEMA Grant History

$1.1M
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2019)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-03854 $517,341
2017 EMW2016FO02549 $278,182
2011 EMW2011FR00109 $302,400

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Orland Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #6 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #400 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 561% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster fringe

Orland Fire Protection District is 2.6% of Cook County roster mass

The county lists 181 departments totaling 5,736 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.95 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 152 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Attala County Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 152 personnel

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

Attala County Fire Department, MS 152 Bloomington Fire Department, MN 152 Scranton Fire Department, PA 152 Robert Fulton Fire Company, PA 152 Richardson Fire Department, TX 151 Rocky Mount Fire Department, NC 151 Rome Fire Department, GA 153 Somerville Fire Department, MA 151

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Orland Fire Protection District have?

Orland Fire Protection District has 152 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 561% above the Illinois average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #400 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IL, it ranks #6 of 971 by personnel.

Does Orland Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Orland Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Orland Fire Protection District operate?

Orland Fire Protection District operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Orland Fire Protection District?

Orland Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Cook County, IL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Orland Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, Orland Fire Protection District has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,097,923 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in Illinois?

Illinois has 1,493 fire departments with 34,868 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.