Department profile
VolunteerBennington Rural Fire Department
Bennington, VT · Bennington County. Bennington Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 51 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Bennington Rural Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- vs. Vermont average
- 3
- stations
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 Rural Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bennington, VT (Bennington County), with 3 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,681 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,681 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #4 of 150
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Bennington County
Bennington Rural Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 02451 · Bennington Rural Fire Department, VT 51 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #3,681
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bauerstown Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bauerstown Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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 Rural (this dept) 51
- High Southwest Rural F…, NE 51
- Near Bauerstown Volunt…, PA 51
- Near Blaine Hill Volun…, PA 51
- Near Hill City, SD 51
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bennington, VT
- County
- Bennington County
- FDID
- 02451
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Bennington Rural Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #4 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,681 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster geometry
Bennington County HIFLD mix around Bennington Rural Fire Department
Bennington County: 16 departments, 383 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bauerstown Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.