Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderChippewa Fire District
Chippewa Falls, WI · Chippewa County. Chippewa Fire District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 128 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.
- 128
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chippewa Fire District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +357%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 4
- 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.
Chippewa Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Chippewa Falls, WI (Chippewa County), with 4 stations and 128 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #580 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #580 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #6 of 695
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Chippewa County
Chippewa Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
128 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 09050 · Chippewa Fire District, WI 128 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 128
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #580
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kingsville Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company, MD (+ 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.
- Chippewa Fire Dis… (this dept) 128
- High San Diego Rural F…, CA 128
- Near Kingsville Volunt…, MD 128
- Near Rapid City Depart…, SD 128
- Near Elkhart Fire Depa…, IN 128
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chippewa Falls, WI
- County
- Chippewa County
- FDID
- 09050
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Chippewa Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #6 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #580 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster weight
Chippewa Fire District carries 27.3% of Chippewa County HIFLD personnel
Among 13 listed departments (469 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 77% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 128 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 128 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.