Department profile
VolunteerBennington Fire Department
Bennington, VT · Bennington County. Bennington Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 100 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 100
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Bennington Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +488%
- vs. Vermont 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.
Bennington Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bennington, VT (Bennington County), with 1 station and 100 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #927 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #927 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #1 of 150
- 1.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Bennington County
Bennington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
100 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 02051 · Bennington Fire Department, VT 100 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 100
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #927
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eighth Utilities…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Eighth Utilities District, CT (+ 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 VT department.
- Bennington (this dept) 100
- High York Springs Fire…, PA 100
- Near Eighth Utilities…, CT 100
- Near Oakdale Hose Comp…, PA 100
- Near Lodi Boro, NJ 100
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bennington, VT
- County
- Bennington County
- FDID
- 02051
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Bennington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #1 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #927 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster weight
Bennington Fire Department carries 26.1% of Bennington County HIFLD personnel
Among 16 listed departments (383 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 100 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Eighth Utilities District, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 100 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.