Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPelican Fire and Rescue
Rhinelander, WI · Oneida County. Pelican Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pelican Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +21%
- 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 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.
Pelican Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Rhinelander, WI (Oneida County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,457 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,457 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #320 of 695
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Oneida County
Pelican Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 43110 · Pelican Fire and Rescue, WI 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,457
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Painesville City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Painesville City Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Pelican Fire and… (this dept) 34
- High Pine Township Eng…, PA 34
- Near Painesville City, OH 34
- Near Madison Fire Dist…, OH 34
- Near Springfield Towns…, PA 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rhinelander, WI
- County
- Oneida County
- FDID
- 43110
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Pelican Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #320 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,457 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Oneida County HIFLD mix around Pelican Fire and Rescue
Oneida County: 20 departments, 331 personnel (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Painesville City Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.