Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAmherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department
Amherst, WI · Portage County. Amherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Amherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +46%
- vs. Wisconsin 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.
Amherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Amherst, WI (Portage County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,650 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,650 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #173 of 695
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Portage County
Amherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 49130 · Amherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department, WI 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,650
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lehi Fire Departm…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lehi Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, UT (+ 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.
- Amherst Fire Dist… (this dept) 41
- High Amherst, NH 41
- Near Lehi Fire Departm…, UT 41
- Near Salida Fire Prote…, CA 41
- Near Patterson, CA 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Amherst, WI
- County
- Portage County
- FDID
- 49130
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Amherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #173 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,650 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Portage County HIFLD mix around Amherst Fire District Fire and Rescue Department
Portage County: 13 departments, 295 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 46% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lehi Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.