Department profile

Volunteer

Arlington Volunteer Fire Department

Arlington, WI · Columbia County. Arlington Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Arlington Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Wisconsin average.

34th pct.
national personnel size
-18%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Arlington Volunteer Fire Department

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 C
23 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
23 personnel · 1 station

Arlington Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Arlington, WI (Columbia County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,895 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,895 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #586 of 695
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • 13 other listed departments in Columbia County

Arlington Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 11020 · Arlington Volunteer Fire Department, WI 23 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #14,895
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cory Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cory Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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
Arlington, WI
FDID
11020

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Arlington Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #586 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,895 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 18% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Arlington Volunteer Fire Department is 5.8% of Columbia County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 395 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 57% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cory Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

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