Department profile
VolunteerAfton Volunteer Fire Department
Afton, WY · Lincoln County. Afton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Afton Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wyoming average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +7%
- vs. Wyoming 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.
Afton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Afton, WY (Lincoln County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,437 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,437 of 22,440
- WY personnel rank #41 of 115
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Lincoln County
Afton Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 23501 · Afton Volunteer Fire Department, WY 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,437
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Simpsonville Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Simpsonville Fire District, SC (+ 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 WY department.
- Afton Volunteer (this dept) 31
- High Poplar Springs Vo…, KY 31
- Near Simpsonville Fire…, SC 31
- Near Logan City, WV 31
- Near Glassy Mountain, SC 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Afton, WY
- County
- Lincoln County
- FDID
- 23501
Staffing vs the Wyoming average
How Afton Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wyoming. In-state it ranks #41 of 115 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,437 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- WY departments
- 167
County roster geometry
Lincoln County HIFLD mix around Afton Volunteer Fire Department
Lincoln County: 6 departments, 149 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Simpsonville Fire District, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WY department.