Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFranklin Fire Department
Franklin, WI · Milwaukee County. Franklin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Franklin Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +79%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 3
- stations
- $402,123
- 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.
Franklin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Franklin, WI (Milwaukee County), with 3 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,891 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $402,123.
- National personnel rank #3,891 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #95 of 695
- 6.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Milwaukee County
Franklin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 40010 · Franklin Fire Department, WI 50 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,891
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dorrance Township…
- FEMA-LIGHT $402K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Franklin (this dept) 50
- High Bridgeville Volun…, DE 50
- Near Dorrance Township…, PA 50
- Near Garrison Voluntee…, NY 50
- Near Nuangola Volunteer, PA 50
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Franklin, WI
- County
- Milwaukee County
- FDID
- 40010
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-03041 | $213,363.63 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-00343 | $188,759 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Franklin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #95 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,891 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster fringe
Franklin Fire Department is 2.7% 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.
6.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.