Department profile
VolunteerPoultney Fire Department
Poultney, VT · Rutland County. Poultney Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Poultney Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +88%
- vs. Vermont 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.
Poultney Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Poultney, VT (Rutland County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,278 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,278 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #51 of 150
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 28 other listed departments in Rutland County
Poultney Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 11492 · Poultney Fire Department, VT 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Gaston Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Gaston Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, VA (+ 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 VT department.
- Poultney (this dept) 32
- High Ashland City, TN 32
- Near Lake Gaston Volun…, VA 32
- Near Goucher Volunteer…, SC 32
- Near Christiansburg Fi…, OH 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Poultney, VT
- County
- Rutland County
- FDID
- 11492
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Poultney Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #51 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,278 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster fringe
Poultney Fire Department is 6.0% of Rutland County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 529 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 10% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Gaston Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.