Department profile
VolunteerHardwick Fire Department
Hardwick, VT · Caledonia County. Hardwick Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Hardwick Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Vermont average.
- 24th pct.
- national personnel size
- +18%
- 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.
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.
Hardwick Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hardwick, VT (Caledonia County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,126 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,126 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #112 of 150
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Caledonia County
Hardwick Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 03282 · Hardwick Fire Department, VT 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #17,126
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bethel Township V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bethel Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Hardwick (this dept) 20
- High Council Volunteer…, ID 20
- Near Bethel Township V…, PA 20
- Near Chesterfield Town…, NJ 20
- Near Belgreen Fire Pro…, AL 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hardwick, VT
- County
- Caledonia County
- FDID
- 03282
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Hardwick Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #112 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,126 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster fringe
Hardwick Fire Department is 9.0% of Caledonia County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 223 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bethel Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.