Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderChetek Volunteer Fire District
Chetek, WI · Barron County. Chetek Volunteer Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chetek Volunteer Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +114%
- 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.
Chetek Volunteer Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Chetek, WI (Barron County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,575 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,575 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #49 of 695
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Barron County
Chetek Volunteer Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 03040 · Chetek Volunteer Fire District, WI 60 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,575
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Mesquite…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Mesquite Fire and Rescue Department, 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.
- Chetek Volunteer… (this dept) 60
- High Worthington-West…, PA 60
- Near City of Mesquite…, NV 60
- Near Hope-Jackson, RI 60
- Near Dillwyn Volunteer, VA 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chetek, WI
- County
- Barron County
- FDID
- 03040
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Chetek Volunteer Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #49 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,575 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster weight
Chetek Volunteer Fire District carries 33.9% of Barron County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (177 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 56% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Mesquite Fire and Rescue Department, NV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.