Department profile

Volunteer

Milton Fire Department

Milton, VT · Chittenden County. Milton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 49 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

49
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 19%
national personnel size
+188%
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
91/100
Milton 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
49 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
49 personnel · 1 station

Milton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Milton, VT (Chittenden County), with 1 station and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,186 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,186 of 22,440
  • VT personnel rank #9 of 150
  • 2.04 stations per 100 personnel
  • 17 other listed departments in Chittenden County

Milton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

49 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 04396 · Milton Fire Department, VT 49 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 49
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #4,186
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ McLeansville
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: McLeansville Fire Department, NC (+ 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
Milton, VT
FDID
04396

Staffing vs the Vermont average

How Milton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #9 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,186 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 188% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
11
VT departments
250

County roster geometry

Chittenden County HIFLD mix around Milton Fire Department

Chittenden County: 21 departments, 408 personnel (9 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 29% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 49 roster).

Photo-finish peer: McLeansville Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 49 personnel

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