Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorth Shore Fire Department
Brown Deer, WI · Milwaukee County. North Shore Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 120 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.
- 120
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Shore Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +329%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 5
- 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.
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.
North Shore Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Brown Deer, WI (Milwaukee County), with 5 stations and 120 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #677 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #677 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #8 of 695
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Milwaukee County
North Shore Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
120 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 40260 · North Shore Fire Department, WI 120 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 120
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #677
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Carmel
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Carmel Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- North Shore (this dept) 120
- High Vallejo, CA 120
- Near Lake Carmel, NY 120
- Near Poestenkill Fire…, NY 120
- Near Montgomery Fire D…, NY 120
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Brown Deer, WI
- County
- Milwaukee County
- FDID
- 40260
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How North Shore Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #8 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #677 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster fringe
North Shore Fire Department is 6.6% of Milwaukee County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 1,819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 120 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Carmel Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 120 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.