Department profile
VolunteerHelenville Volunteer Fire Department
Helenville, WI · Jefferson County. Helenville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 47 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 47
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Helenville Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +68%
- vs. Wisconsin average
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.
Helenville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Helenville, WI (Jefferson County) and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,451 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,451 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #117 of 695
- 10 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Helenville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 28020 · Helenville Volunteer Fire Department, WI 47 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,451
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newbury Fire/Emer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Newbury Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department, OH (+ 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.
- Helenville Volunt… (this dept) 47
- High Fort Hunter Engin…, NY 47
- Near Newbury Fire/Emer…, OH 47
- Near Burton Volunteer…, OH 47
- Near Burlington, IA 47
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Helenville, WI
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 28020
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Helenville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #117 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,451 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Jefferson County HIFLD mix around Helenville Volunteer Fire Department
Jefferson County: 11 departments, 398 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 64% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Newbury Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.