Department profile

Volunteer

Neillsville Fire Department

Neillsville, WI · Clark County. Neillsville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

52
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Neillsville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Wisconsin average.

Top 16%
national personnel size
+86%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
91/100
Neillsville 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
52 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
52 personnel · 1 station

Neillsville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Neillsville, WI (Clark County), with 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,623 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,623 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #78 of 695
  • 1.92 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Clark County

Neillsville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 10090 · Neillsville Fire Department, WI 52 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 52
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,623
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Point Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: West Point Volunteer Fire Department / West Point Volunteer Rescue Squad, VA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Neillsville, WI
FDID
10090

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Neillsville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #78 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,623 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 86% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster geometry

Clark County HIFLD mix around Neillsville Fire Department

Clark County: 12 departments, 303 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 52 roster).

Photo-finish peer: West Point Volunteer Fire Department / West Point Volunteer Rescue Squad, VA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel

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