Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGermantown Fire Department
Germantown, WI · Washington County. Germantown Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 53 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.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Germantown Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +89%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 2
- stations
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.
Germantown Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Germantown, WI (Washington County), with 2 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,449 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,449 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #69 of 695
- 3.77 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Washington County
Germantown Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 66160 · Germantown Fire Department, WI 53 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valparaiso
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Valparaiso Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Germantown (this dept) 53
- High Greenville Fire C…, NY 53
- Near Valparaiso, IN 53
- Near Valley Inn Volunt…, PA 53
- Near Guymon, OK 53
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Germantown, WI
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 66160
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Germantown Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #69 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,449 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
Germantown Fire Department is 8.8% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 603 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Valparaiso Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.