Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFive Points Fire Company
Wilmington, DE · New Castle County. Five Points Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 102 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.
- 102
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Five Points Fire Company pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount well above the Delaware average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- vs. Delaware average
- 1
- station
- $179,739
- 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.
Five Points Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Wilmington, DE (New Castle County), with 1 station and 102 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #889 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $179,739.
- National personnel rank #889 of 22,440
- DE personnel rank #12 of 51
- 0.98 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in New Castle County
Five Points Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
102 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 20017 · Five Points Fire Company, DE 102 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 102
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #889
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plainfield Fire D…
- FEMA-LIGHT $180K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Plainfield Fire Division, NJ (+ 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 DE department.
- Five Points Fire… (this dept) 102
- High Valdosta, GA 102
- Near Plainfield Fire D…, NJ 102
- Near Stonewall Jackson…, VA 102
- Near Fullerton, CA 102
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wilmington, DE
- County
- New Castle County
- FDID
- 20017
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | EMW2015FO05239 | $179,739 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Delaware average
How Five Points Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Delaware. In-state it ranks #12 of 51 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #889 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- DE departments
- 80
County roster fringe
Five Points Fire Company is 4.3% of New Castle County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 2,350 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 71% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
0.98 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 102 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Plainfield Fire Division, NJ (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 102 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every DE department.