Department profile
VolunteerWapella Fire Protection District
Wapella, IL · De Witt County. Wapella Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 62 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Wapella Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Illinois average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +170%
- 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.
Wapella Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Wapella, IL (De Witt County), with 1 station and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,481 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,481 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #95 of 971
- 1.61 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in De Witt County
Wapella Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 DB143 · Wapella Fire Protection District, IL 62 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,481
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cedar Park
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cedar Park 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.
- Wapella Fire Prot… (this dept) 62
- High Seguin Fire/Emerg…, TX 62
- Near Cedar Park, TX 62
- Near Mission Fire Depa…, TX 62
- Near Niagara Falls Air…, NY 62
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wapella, IL
- County
- De Witt County
- FDID
- DB143
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Wapella Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #95 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,481 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 weight
Wapella Fire Protection District carries 38.3% of De Witt County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (162 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 71% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.61 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cedar Park Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.