Department profile

Volunteer

Groton Volunteer Fire Department

Groton, VT · Caledonia County. Groton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

28
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Groton Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.

49th pct.
national personnel size
+65%
vs. Vermont 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
62/100
Groton Volunteer Fire Department

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 B
28 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
28 personnel · 1 station

Groton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Groton, VT (Caledonia County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,507 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,507 of 22,440
  • VT personnel rank #71 of 150
  • 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • 13 other listed departments in Caledonia County

Groton Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 03267 · Groton Volunteer Fire Department, VT 28 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #11,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pin Hook Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pin Hook Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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 VT department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Groton, VT
FDID
03267

Staffing vs the Vermont average

How Groton Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #71 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,507 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 65% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
11
VT departments
250

County roster geometry

Caledonia County HIFLD mix around Groton Volunteer Fire Department

Caledonia County: 15 departments, 223 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pin Hook Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

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