Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCudahy Fire Department
Cudahy, WI · Milwaukee County. Cudahy Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cudahy Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.
- 36th pct.
- national personnel size
- -14%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 2
- stations
- $604,969
- 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.
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.
Cudahy Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cudahy, WI (Milwaukee County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,327 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $604,969.
- National personnel rank #14,327 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #568 of 695
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Milwaukee County
Cudahy Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 40030 · Cudahy Fire Department, WI 24 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,327
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ England Industria…
- FEMA-MID $605K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: England Industrial Airpark Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Cudahy (this dept) 24
- High Jewel, IA 24
- Near England Industria…, LA 24
- Near Belcourt Rural, ND 24
- Near Jackson, OH 24
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cudahy, WI
- County
- Milwaukee County
- FDID
- 40030
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | EMW2013FR00150 | $343,719 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FV-0643 | $261,250 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Cudahy Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #568 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,327 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster fringe
Cudahy Fire Department is 1.3% of Milwaukee County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 1,819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: England Industrial Airpark Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.