Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPlain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Plain, WI · Sauk County. Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +39%
- 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.
Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Plain, WI (Sauk County), with 1 station and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,578 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,578 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #226 of 695
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Sauk County
Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 56150 · Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, WI 39 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spring Lake
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Spring Lake Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Plain Fire Depart… (this dept) 39
- High Willow Oak Fire P…, CA 39
- Near Spring Lake, NY 39
- Near Glens Falls, NY 39
- Near Rock, OK 39
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Plain, WI
- County
- Sauk County
- FDID
- 56150
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #226 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,578 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster fringe
Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is 9.6% of Sauk County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 407 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 62% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Spring Lake Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.