Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderJanesville Fire Department
Janesville, WI · Rock County. Janesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 89 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.
- 89
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Janesville Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +218%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 5
- stations
- $241,226
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Janesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Janesville, WI (Rock County), with 5 stations and 89 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,198 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $241,226.
- National personnel rank #1,198 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #19 of 695
- 5.62 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Rock County
Janesville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
89 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 53020 · Janesville Fire Department, WI 89 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 89
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,198
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kingston
- FEMA-LIGHT $241K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kingston Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Janesville (this dept) 89
- High Bruceton Mills-Br…, WV 89
- Near Kingston, NY 89
- Near Fairdale, KY 89
- Near Town of Mamaroneck, NY 89
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Janesville, WI
- County
- Rock County
- FDID
- 53020
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | EMW2013FO02581 | $241,226 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Janesville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #19 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,198 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Rock County
County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.62 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 89 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kingston Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 89 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.