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Essex Fire and Rescue

Essex Junction, VT · Chittenden County. Essex Fire and Rescue is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Essex Fire and Rescue

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Essex Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Essex Junction, VT (Chittenden County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $180,000.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Chittenden County

Dispatch plate

Sheet VT-ESSEX-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-VT · Essex Fire and Rescue, VT personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-LIGHT $180K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Essex Junction, VT

FEMA Grant History

$180K
Cumulative funding (FY2016)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FO03076 $180,000

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

County roster geometry

Chittenden County HIFLD mix around Essex Fire and Rescue

Chittenden County: 21 departments, 408 personnel (9 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 29% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Burlington Fire
Burlington · other
Burlington Fire Department
Burlington · career
Essex Junction Fire Department
Essex Junction · other
Hinesburg Fire Department
Hinesburg · volunteer
Huntington Volunteer Fire Department
Huntington · volunteer
Malletts Bay Fire Department
Colchester · volunteer
All VT departments →

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Essex Fire and Rescue have?

Personnel data for Essex Fire and Rescue is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Essex Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Essex Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Essex Fire and Rescue operate?

Station count data for Essex Fire and Rescue is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Essex Fire and Rescue?

Essex Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Chittenden County, VT.

Has Essex Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Essex Fire and Rescue has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $180,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Vermont?

Vermont has 250 fire departments with 4,361 total personnel. 60% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.