Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCable Volunteer Fire Department
Cable, WI · Bayfield County. Cable Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cable Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Wisconsin average.
- 31st pct.
- national personnel size
- -21%
- 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.
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.
Cable Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cable, WI (Bayfield County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,480 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,480 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #605 of 695
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Bayfield County
Cable Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 04050 · Cable Volunteer Fire Department, WI 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Fork Fire Pr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Fork Fire Protection District, NV (+ 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.
- Cable Volunteer (this dept) 22
- High Millport, AL 22
- Near East Fork Fire Pr…, NV 22
- Near Berry Creek Ranch…, CA 22
- Near Molloy Volunteer, AL 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cable, WI
- County
- Bayfield County
- FDID
- 04050
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Cable Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #605 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,480 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Bayfield County HIFLD mix around Cable Volunteer Fire Department
Bayfield County: 13 departments, 196 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 54% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Fork Fire Protection District, NV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.