Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAppleton Fire Department
Appleton, WI · Outagamie County. Appleton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 102 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.
- 102
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Appleton Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +264%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 6
- stations
- $2,524,623
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Appleton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Appleton, WI (Outagamie County), with 6 stations and 102 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #888 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,524,623.
- National personnel rank #888 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #14 of 695
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Outagamie County
Appleton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
102 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 44020 · Appleton Fire Department, WI 102 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 102
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #888
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ludlow Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $2.5M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ludlow Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 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 WI department.
- Appleton (this dept) 102
- High Five Points Fire…, DE 102
- Near Ludlow Volunteer, SD 102
- Near Liverpool Fire De…, NY 102
- Near Fullerton, CA 102
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Appleton, WI
- County
- Outagamie County
- FDID
- 44020
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01241 | $1,807,911.8 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-05536 | $192,088.2 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FO01745 | $265,600 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FP-0096 | $259,023 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Appleton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #14 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #888 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Outagamie County
County mix is mostly volunteer (17 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 102 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ludlow Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 102 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.