Department profile
VolunteerSalem 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 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.
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.
- Salem Fire Protec… (this dept) 49
- High Marshall/Harrison…, TX 49
- Near City of Horseshoe…, TX 49
- Near Holcomb, KS 49
- Near Lake Cities, TX 49
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Salem, IL
- County
- Marion County
- 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.
- 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).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 49 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.