Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department
West Greenwich, RI · Kent County. Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 48 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.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Rhode Island average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +26%
- vs. Rhode Island 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.
Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Greenwich, RI (Kent County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,293 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,293 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #23 of 66
- 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Kent County
Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 03703 · Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department, RI 48 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,293
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Morrison Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Morrison Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+ 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 RI department.
- Lake Mishnock Vol… (this dept) 48
- High Shenandoah Farms…, VA 48
- Near Morrison Volunteer, MO 48
- Near Summit Township, MI 48
- Near Comstock Township…, MI 48
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Greenwich, RI
- County
- Kent County
- FDID
- 03703
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #23 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,293 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster fringe
Lake Mishnock Volunteer Fire Department is 8.2% of Kent County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 582 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 72% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Morrison Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.