Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSycamore Fire Department
Sycamore, IL · Dekalb County. Sycamore Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sycamore Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Illinois average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +83%
- vs. Illinois average
- 1
- station
- $603,284
- 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.
Sycamore Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sycamore, IL (Dekalb County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,622 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $603,284.
- National personnel rank #5,622 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #227 of 971
- 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Dekalb County
Sycamore Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 DA212 · Sycamore Fire Department, IL 42 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,622
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aldine Fire and R…
- FEMA-MID $603K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aldine Fire and Rescue, TX (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Sycamore (this dept) 42
- High Clarendon Volunte…, TX 42
- Near Aldine Fire and R…, TX 42
- Near Bonham Fire Depar…, TX 42
- Near City of Terrell, TX 42
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Sycamore, IL
- County
- Dekalb County
- FDID
- DA212
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-07317 | $218,534 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FV02305 | $384,750 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Sycamore Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #227 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,622 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 fringe
Sycamore Fire Department is 9.4% of Dekalb County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 445 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aldine Fire and Rescue, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.