Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMilton Fire Department Incorporated
Milton, DE · Sussex County. Milton Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Milton Fire Department Incorporated pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount above the Delaware average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +15%
- vs. Delaware 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.
Milton Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Milton, DE (Sussex County), with 1 station and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,682 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,682 of 22,440
- DE personnel rank #24 of 51
- 1.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Sussex County
Milton Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 40085 · Milton Fire Department Incorporated, DE 75 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,682
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Jordan City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Jordan City Fire Department, UT (+ 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 DE department.
- Milton Fire Depar… (this dept) 75
- High Huslia Volunteer, AK 75
- Near West Jordan City, UT 75
- Near Dalton Volunteer…, PA 75
- Near Chinchilla Hose C…, PA 75
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Milton, DE
- County
- Sussex County
- FDID
- 40085
Staffing vs the Delaware average
How Milton Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Delaware. In-state it ranks #24 of 51 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,682 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- DE departments
- 80
County roster fringe
Milton Fire Department Incorporated is 4.9% of Sussex County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 1,544 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Jordan City Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every DE department.