Department profile
VolunteerMedford Fire Department
Medford, WI · Taylor County. Medford Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Medford Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -7%
- vs. Wisconsin 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.
Medford Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Medford, WI (Taylor County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,718 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,718 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #514 of 695
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Taylor County
Medford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 60010 · Medford Fire Department, WI 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,718
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boscawen
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Boscawen Fire Department, NH (+ 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 WI department.
- Medford (this dept) 26
- High Meadow Lake Volun…, NM 26
- Near Boscawen, NH 26
- Near South Butler Volu…, NY 26
- Near Jennings, OK 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Medford, WI
- County
- Taylor County
- FDID
- 60010
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Medford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #514 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,718 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Taylor County HIFLD mix around Medford Fire Department
Taylor County: 7 departments, 167 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 86% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Boscawen Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.