Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDarlington Volunteer Fire Department
Darlington, WI · Lafayette County. Darlington Volunteer Fire Department 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
Darlington Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 12%
- 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.
Darlington Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Darlington, WI (Lafayette 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 #2,588 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,588 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #50 of 695
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Lafayette County
Darlington Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 33090 · Darlington Volunteer Fire Department, 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 #2,588
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Palm Springs
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Palm Springs Fire Department, CA (+ 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.
- Darlington Volunt… (this dept) 60
- High Brockway Voluntee…, PA 60
- Near Palm Springs, CA 60
- Near Clinton, NY 60
- Near Camden Fire Depar…, NY 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Darlington, WI
- County
- Lafayette County
- FDID
- 33090
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Darlington Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #50 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,588 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Lafayette County HIFLD mix around Darlington Volunteer Fire Department
Lafayette County: 10 departments, 359 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Palm Springs Fire Department, CA (+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.