Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderZion Fire and Rescue Department
Zion, IL · Lake County. Zion Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Zion Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Illinois average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +22%
- vs. Illinois average
- 2
- stations
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.
Zion Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Zion, IL (Lake County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,891 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,891 of 22,440
- IL personnel rank #534 of 971
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 37 other listed departments in Lake County
Zion Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 LA382 · Zion Fire and Rescue Department, IL 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,891
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aledo Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aledo Volunteer Fire Department, 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.
- Zion Fire and Res… (this dept) 28
- High Bedford Volunteer…, KY 28
- Near Aledo Volunteer, TX 28
- Near Altamont-Mount Pl…, KS 28
- Near Anahuac Volunteer, TX 28
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Zion, IL
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- LA382
Staffing vs the Illinois average
How Zion Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Illinois. In-state it ranks #534 of 971 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,891 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 127
- IL departments
- 1,493
County roster fringe
Zion Fire and Rescue Department is 1.9% of Lake County roster mass
The county lists 50 departments totaling 1,482 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aledo Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IL department.