Department profile

Volunteer

Salem Fire Protection District

Salem, IL · Marion County. Salem Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 49 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

49
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Salem Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+113%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
91/100
Salem 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 A
49 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
49 personnel · 1 station

Salem Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Salem, IL (Marion County), with 1 station and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,206 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,206 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #166 of 971
  • 2.04 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Marion County

Salem Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

49 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 MD182 · Salem Fire Protection District, IL 49 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 49
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #4,206
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Horseshoe…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Horseshoe Bay 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Salem, IL
FDID
MD182

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Salem Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #166 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,206 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 113% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster geometry

Marion County HIFLD mix around Salem Fire Protection District

Marion County: 10 departments, 257 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 49 roster).

Photo-finish peer: City of Horseshoe Bay Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 49 personnel

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