Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPalos Fire Protection District
Palos Park, IL · Cook County. Palos Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 63 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.
- 63
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Palos Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +174%
- vs. Illinois average
- 2
- 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.
Palos Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Palos Park, IL (Cook County), with 2 stations and 63 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,396 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,396 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #86 of 971
- 3.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 128 other listed departments in Cook County
Palos Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
63 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 CS723 · Palos Fire Protection District, IL 63 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 63
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,396
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Broad Channel Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- Palos Fire Protec… (this dept) 63
- High Old Forte, SC 63
- Near Broad Channel Vol…, NY 63
- Near Laughlin Air Forc…, TX 63
- Near Montgomery, TX 63
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Palos Park, IL
- County
- Cook County
- FDID
- CS723
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Palos Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #86 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,396 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
Palos Fire Protection District is 1.1% 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.
3.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 63 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 63 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.