Department profile

Volunteer

Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department

Omro, WI · Winnebago County. Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 58 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

58
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+107%
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
93/100
Omro Rushford Joint 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
58 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
58 personnel · 1 station

Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Omro, WI (Winnebago County), with 1 station and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,851 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,851 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #55 of 695
  • 1.72 stations per 100 personnel
  • 15 other listed departments in Winnebago County

Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 70080 · Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department, WI 58 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 58
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #2,851
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Seabrook
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Seabrook Fire Department, NH (+ 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
Omro, WI
FDID
70080

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #55 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,851 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 107% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster geometry

Winnebago County HIFLD mix around Omro Rushford Joint Fire Department

Winnebago County: 18 departments, 428 personnel (5 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 61% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.72 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 58 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Seabrook Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 58 personnel

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