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Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department

Tomahawk, WI · Oneida County. Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department, 2 stations and 27 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.

27
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.

46th pct.
national personnel size
-4%
vs. Wisconsin average
2
stations

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
16/100
Nokomis Volunteer 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 F
13.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
27 personnel · 2 stations

Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Tomahawk, WI (Oneida County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,207 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,207 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #498 of 695
  • 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 18 other listed departments in Oneida County

Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 43100 · Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department, WI 27 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 27
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #12,207
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Leroy Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Leroy Township Fire Department, OH (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WI department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Tomahawk, WI
FDID
43100

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #498 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,207 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 4% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department is 8.2% of Oneida County roster mass

The county lists 20 departments totaling 331 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 55% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Leroy Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

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