Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderKenosha Fire Department
Kenosha, WI · Kenosha County. Kenosha Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 153 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.
- 153
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Kenosha Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +446%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 7
- stations
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.
Kenosha Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Kenosha, WI (Kenosha County), with 7 stations and 153 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #391 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #391 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #5 of 695
- 4.58 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Kenosha County
Kenosha Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
153 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 30020 · Kenosha Fire Department, WI 153 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 153
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #391
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Geneva Fire Depar…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Geneva Fire Department - Hydrant Hose Company, 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.
- Kenosha (this dept) 153
- High Vestal, NY 153
- Near Geneva Fire Depar…, NY 153
- Near City of Youngstown, OH 153
- Near Rome, GA 153
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Kenosha, WI
- County
- Kenosha County
- FDID
- 30020
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Kenosha Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #5 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #391 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster weight
Kenosha Fire Department carries 33.3% of Kenosha County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (459 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 47% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.58 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 153 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Geneva Fire Department - Hydrant Hose Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 153 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.