Department profile

Volunteer

Adams County Fire District

Adams, WI · Adams County. Adams County Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 39 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

39
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Adams County Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.

Top 29%
national personnel size
+39%
vs. Wisconsin 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
37/100
Adams County Fire District

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.

Staffing capacity D
19.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
39 personnel · 2 stations

Adams County Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Adams, WI (Adams County), with 2 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,447 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,447 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #217 of 695
  • 5.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • 5 other listed departments in Adams County

Adams County Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 01030 · Adams County Fire District, WI 39 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 39
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #6,447
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Iota Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Iota Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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 WI department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Adams, WI
FDID
01030

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Adams County Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #217 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,447 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 39% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster weight

Adams County Fire District carries 28.3% of Adams County HIFLD personnel

Among 8 listed departments (138 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 39 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Iota Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.