Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Sheboygan Fire Department

Sheboygan, WI · Sheboygan County. City of Sheboygan Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 80 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.

80
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Sheboygan Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.

Top 7%
national personnel size
+186%
vs. Wisconsin average
4
stations
$361,740
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
City of Sheboygan Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
80 personnel · 4 stations

City of Sheboygan Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sheboygan, WI (Sheboygan County), with 4 stations and 80 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,461 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $361,740.

  • National personnel rank #1,461 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #24 of 695
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 24 other listed departments in Sheboygan County

City of Sheboygan Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

80 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 59010 · City of Sheboygan Fire Department, WI 80 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 80
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,461
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Macedon
  • FEMA-LIGHT $362K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Macedon Fire Department, NY (+ 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 WI department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Sheboygan, WI
FDID
59010

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2023)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-07771 $361,739.89

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How City of Sheboygan Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #24 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,461 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 186% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

City of Sheboygan Fire Department is 9.2% of Sheboygan County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 872 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 63% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 80 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Macedon Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 80 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.

Macedon Fire Department, NY 80 Chappaqua Fire Department, NY 80 Goodyear Hose Company, PA 80 Wading River Fire Department, NY 80 Merrimack Fire Department, NH 80 Lorain Fire Department - Central Station, OH 80 Millington Fire Department, TN 80 Apple Valley Fire Protection District, CA 80

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Sheboygan Fire Department have?

City of Sheboygan Fire Department has 80 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 186% above the Wisconsin average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,461 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WI, it ranks #24 of 695 by personnel.

Does City of Sheboygan Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Sheboygan Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Sheboygan Fire Department operate?

City of Sheboygan Fire Department operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Sheboygan Fire Department?

City of Sheboygan Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sheboygan County, WI. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Sheboygan Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Sheboygan Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $361,739.89 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin has 961 fire departments with 26,974 total personnel. 68% are volunteer departments.

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