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Platteville Volunteer Fire Department

Platteville, WI · Grant County. Platteville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 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.

60
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Platteville Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.

Top 12%
national personnel size
+114%
vs. Wisconsin average
1
station
$388,764
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
62/100
Platteville 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 A
60 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 D
$6,479 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
60 personnel · 1 station

Platteville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Platteville, WI (Grant County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,686 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $388,764.

  • National personnel rank #2,686 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #53 of 695
  • 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 19 other listed departments in Grant County

Platteville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 22200 · Platteville Volunteer Fire Department, WI 60 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 60
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,686
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Progress Fire Com…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $389K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Progress Fire Company, PA (+ 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
Platteville, WI
FDID
22200

FEMA Grant History

$389K
Cumulative funding (FY2022)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-07368 $388,763.8

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Platteville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #53 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,686 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 114% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Platteville Volunteer Fire Department is 9.6% of Grant County roster mass

The county lists 20 departments totaling 628 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Progress Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel

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

Progress Fire Company, PA 60 Worcester County Fire Department - Girdletree, MD 60 Sharon Hill Fire Company, PA 60 Dexter Volunteer Fire Department, NY 60 Ellisburg Volunteer Fire Department, NY 60 Middletown Fire Company, PA 60 Reliance Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company, PA 60 Darby Township 4 Volunteer Fire Department, PA 60

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Platteville Volunteer Fire Department have?

Platteville Volunteer Fire Department has 60 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 114% above the Wisconsin average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,686 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WI, it ranks #53 of 695 by personnel.

Does Platteville Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Platteville Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Platteville Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Platteville Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Platteville Volunteer Fire Department?

Platteville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grant County, WI. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Platteville Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Platteville Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $388,763.8 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin has 961 fire departments with 26,974 total personnel. 68% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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