Department profile
VolunteerTaylorville Fire Department
Taylorville, IL · Christian County. Taylorville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Taylorville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Illinois average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +61%
- vs. Illinois average
- 1
- station
- $4,066,255
- 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.
Taylorville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Taylorville, IL (Christian County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,152 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,066,255.
- National personnel rank #7,152 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #295 of 971
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Christian County
Taylorville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 CE202 · Taylorville Fire Department, IL 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,152
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abernathy Volunte…
- FEMA-MID $4.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Abernathy Volunteer 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.
- Taylorville (this dept) 37
- High Farmersville Volu…, TX 37
- Near Abernathy Volunte…, TX 37
- Near Carmel Volunteer…, ME 37
- Near Fairfield, ME 37
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Taylorville, IL
- County
- Christian County
- FDID
- CE202
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-12055 | $166,666.67 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00581 | $104,677 |
| 2010 | EMW2009FH00463 | $-11 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FH-0046 | $3,794,922 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Taylorville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #295 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,152 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
Christian County HIFLD mix around Taylorville Fire Department
Christian County: 9 departments, 216 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Abernathy Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.