Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderLA Crosse Fire Department
La Crosse, WI · La Crosse County. LA Crosse Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 98 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.
- 98
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
LA Crosse Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +250%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 4
- stations
- $2,106,045
- 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.
LA Crosse Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving La Crosse, WI (La Crosse County), with 4 stations and 98 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #997 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,106,045.
- National personnel rank #997 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #17 of 695
- 4.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in La Crosse County
LA Crosse Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
98 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 32050 · LA Crosse Fire Department, WI 98 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 98
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #997
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Owensboro
- FEMA-MID $2.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Owensboro Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- LA Crosse (this dept) 98
- High King of Prussia F…, PA 98
- Near Owensboro, KY 98
- Near Wilkes-Barre, PA 98
- Near Idaho Falls, ID 98
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- La Crosse, WI
- County
- La Crosse County
- FDID
- 32050
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-08799 | $218,697.09 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-05543 | $368,727.26 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-02231 | $311,528.72 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-12544 | $259,854.55 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-02792 | $259,846.14 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FO-0716 | $687,391 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How LA Crosse Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #17 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #997 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster weight
LA Crosse Fire Department carries 30.2% of La Crosse County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (324 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 70% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 98 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Owensboro Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 98 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.