Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBig Flats Volunteer Fire Department
Arkdale, WI · Adams County. Big Flats Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Big Flats Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- +14%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 2
- 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.
Big Flats Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Arkdale, WI (Adams County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,965 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,965 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #352 of 695
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Adams County
Big Flats Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 01050 · Big Flats Volunteer Fire Department, WI 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,965
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Johns Emerg…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Johns Emergency Services, AZ (+ 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.
- Big Flats Volunte… (this dept) 32
- High Calabash Fire Dep…, NC 32
- Near Saint Johns Emerg…, AZ 32
- Near Irvington Volunte…, NE 32
- Near Town of Ocean Isl…, NC 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Arkdale, WI
- County
- Adams County
- FDID
- 01050
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Big Flats Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #352 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,965 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Adams County HIFLD mix around Big Flats Volunteer Fire Department
Adams County: 8 departments, 138 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 38% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Johns Emergency Services, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.