Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Grafton, WI · Ozaukee County. Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 81 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.

81
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+189%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
98/100
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

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 A
81 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
81 personnel · 1 station

Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Grafton, WI (Ozaukee County), with 1 station and 81 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,424 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,424 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #22 of 695
  • 1.23 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Ozaukee County

Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

81 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 45040 · Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, WI 81 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 81
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,424
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Round Lake Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Round Lake Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Grafton, WI
FDID
45040

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #22 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,424 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 189% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster geometry

Ozaukee County HIFLD mix around Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Ozaukee County: 11 departments, 592 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 91% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 81 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Round Lake Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.