Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Salem Fire Department First Responders
West Salem, IL · Edwards County. West Salem Fire Department First Responders is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Salem Fire Department First Responders pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Illinois average.
- 34th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- 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.
West Salem Fire Department First Responders is a Volunteer department serving West Salem, IL (Edwards County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,861 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,861 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #690 of 971
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Edwards County
West Salem Fire Department First Responders vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 EB143 · West Salem Fire Department First Responders, IL 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,861
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 134th Ces/Cef Ten…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+ 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.
- West Salem Fire D… (this dept) 24
- High Aransas Pass, TX 24
- Near 134th Ces/Cef Ten…, TN 24
- Near Altoona, KS 24
- Near Andover Fire and…, KS 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Salem, IL
- County
- Edwards County
- FDID
- EB143
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How West Salem Fire Department First Responders's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #690 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,861 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
Edwards County HIFLD mix around West Salem Fire Department First Responders
Edwards County: 4 departments, 97 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.