Department profile

Volunteer

Ludlow Fire Department

Ludlow, VT · Windsor County. Ludlow Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 53 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

53
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Ludlow Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.

Top 15%
national personnel size
+212%
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
92/100
Ludlow 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 A
53 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
53 personnel · 1 station

Ludlow Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ludlow, VT (Windsor County), with 1 station and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,474 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,474 of 22,440
  • VT personnel rank #3 of 150
  • 1.89 stations per 100 personnel
  • 26 other listed departments in Windsor County

Ludlow Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 14363 · Ludlow Fire Department, VT 53 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 53
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clarksdale Fire D…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station, MS (+ 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
Ludlow, VT
FDID
14363

Staffing vs the Vermont average

How Ludlow Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #3 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,474 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 212% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
11
VT departments
250

County roster fringe

Ludlow Fire Department is 9.1% of Windsor County roster mass

The county lists 29 departments totaling 583 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 28% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 53 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Clarksdale Fire Department - Central Station, MS (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 53 personnel

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