Department profile

Volunteer

Lowell Volunteer Fire Department

Lowell, VT · Orleans County. Lowell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

16
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Lowell Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Vermont average.

12th pct.
national personnel size
-6%
vs. Vermont 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Lowell Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
16 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
16 personnel · 1 station

Lowell Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lowell, VT (Orleans County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,681 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,681 of 22,440
  • VT personnel rank #133 of 150
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Orleans County

Lowell Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 10360 · Lowell Volunteer Fire Department, VT 16 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #19,681
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alston Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Alston Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+ 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 VT department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lowell, VT
FDID
10360

Staffing vs the Vermont average

How Lowell Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #133 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,681 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 6% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
11
VT departments
250

County roster fringe

Lowell Volunteer Fire Department is 7.5% of Orleans County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 214 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Alston Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.