Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Potosi Volunteer Fire Department

Potosi, WI · Grant County. Potosi Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 64 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.

64
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Potosi Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.

Top 10%
national personnel size
+129%
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
94/100
Potosi 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
64 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
64 personnel · 1 station

Potosi Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Potosi, WI (Grant County), with 1 station and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,332 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,332 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #42 of 695
  • 1.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 19 other listed departments in Grant County

Potosi Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 22060 · Potosi Volunteer Fire Department, WI 64 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 64
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,332
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Willards Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Willards Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 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
Potosi, WI
FDID
22060

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Potosi Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #42 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,332 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 129% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster geometry

Grant County HIFLD mix around Potosi Volunteer Fire Department

Grant County: 20 departments, 628 personnel (17 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 60% of departments. County / state rollup.

1.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 64 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Willards Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 64 personnel

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