Department profile
VolunteerBruce Fire Protection District
Bruce, WI · Rusk County. Bruce Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bruce Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- -4%
- vs. Wisconsin average
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.
Bruce Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Bruce, WI (Rusk County) and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,955 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,955 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #487 of 695
- 3 other listed departments in Rusk County
Bruce Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 54010 · Bruce Fire Protection District, WI 27 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,955
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southwest Mercer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Southwest Mercer Fire District, OH (+ 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.
- Bruce Fire Protec… (this dept) 27
- High Sisseton, SD 27
- Near Southwest Mercer…, OH 27
- Near Wildrose Fire Pro…, ND 27
- Near Tuppers Plains Fi…, OH 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bruce, WI
- County
- Rusk County
- FDID
- 54010
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Bruce Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #487 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,955 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster weight
Bruce Fire Protection District carries 25.7% of Rusk County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (105 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Southwest Mercer Fire District, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.