Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPeoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department
Peoria Heights, IL · Peoria County. Peoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Peoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +9%
- vs. Illinois average
- 2
- stations
- $8,217,822
- 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.
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.
Peoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Peoria Heights, IL (Peoria County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,817 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $8,217,822.
- National personnel rank #13,817 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #640 of 971
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Peoria County
Peoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 PA224 · Peoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department, IL 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,817
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alamo Heights Fir…
- FEMA-HEAVY $8.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alamo Heights Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX (+ 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.
- Peoria Heights Vo… (this dept) 25
- High Alto, TX 25
- Near Alamo Heights Fir…, TX 25
- Near Albion, ME 25
- Near Alligator Fire Di…, SC 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Peoria Heights, IL
- County
- Peoria County
- FDID
- PA224
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-01015 | $3,036,362.43 |
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-03074 | $259,714.28 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-04946 | $190,476.19 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-00444 | $4,091,208 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-11992 | $336,879 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO01855 | $303,182 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Peoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #640 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,817 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
Peoria Heights Volunteer Fire Department is 3.7% of Peoria County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 677 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alamo Heights Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.