Department profile
VolunteerRankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit
Rankin, IL · Vermilion County. Rankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Rankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Illinois average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +65%
- 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.
Rankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit is a Volunteer department serving Rankin, IL (Vermilion County), with 2 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,839 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,839 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #278 of 971
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- 21 other listed departments in Vermilion County
Rankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 VA263 · Rankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit, IL 38 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,839
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alabama-Coushatta…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alabama-Coushatta Indian Nation Fire Department, 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.
- Rankin Fire Prote… (this dept) 38
- High City of Taylorsvi…, KY 38
- Near Alabama-Coushatta…, TX 38
- Near Argyle Volunteer…, TX 38
- Near City of Orange, TX 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rankin, IL
- County
- Vermilion County
- FDID
- VA263
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Rankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #278 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,839 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 geometry
Vermilion County HIFLD mix around Rankin Fire Protection District - Rankin Unit
Vermilion County: 23 departments, 380 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 30% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alabama-Coushatta Indian Nation Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.