Department profile
Career (Paid)City of Rutland Fire Department
Rutland, VT · Rutland County. City of Rutland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Rutland Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +194%
- vs. Vermont 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.
City of Rutland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Rutland, VT (Rutland County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,832 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,832 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #6 of 150
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 28 other listed departments in Rutland County
City of Rutland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 11540 · City of Rutland Fire Department, VT 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #3,832
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Red White and Blu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Red White and Blue Fire Protection District, CO (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 VT department.
- City of Rutland (this dept) 50
- High Willows Rural Fir…, CA 50
- Near Red White and Blu…, CO 50
- Near Madison County Vo…, VA 50
- Near Blacksburg Volunt…, SC 50
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Rutland, VT
- County
- Rutland County
- FDID
- 11540
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How City of Rutland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #6 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,832 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster fringe
City of Rutland Fire Department is 9.5% of Rutland County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 529 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 10% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Red White and Blue Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.