Department profile

Volunteer

Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department

Sibley, IL · Ford County. Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Illinois average.

Top 48%
national personnel size
+30%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department

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 B
30 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
30 personnel · 1 station

Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sibley, IL (Ford County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,772 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,772 of 22,440
  • IL personnel rank #489 of 971
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Ford County

Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 FB183 · Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department, IL 30 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #10,772
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 167 Civil Enginee…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Sibley, IL
FDID
FB183

Staffing vs the Illinois average

How Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #489 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,772 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 30% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
127
IL departments
1,493

County roster geometry

Ford County HIFLD mix around Sullivan Township Fire Protection District - Sibley Fire Department

Ford County: 8 departments, 156 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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