Department profile
VolunteerPownal Fire Protective Association
Pownal, VT · Bennington County. Pownal Fire Protective Association is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Pownal Fire Protective Association pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +82%
- 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.
Pownal Fire Protective Association is a Volunteer department serving Pownal, VT (Bennington County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,709 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,709 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #53 of 150
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Bennington County
Pownal Fire Protective Association vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 02495 · Pownal Fire Protective Association, VT 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #9,709
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tabor City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tabor City Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Pownal Fire Prote… (this dept) 31
- High Potterville-Bento…, MI 31
- Near Tabor City, NC 31
- Near Excelsior Springs, MO 31
- Near Number 3 Volunteer, NC 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pownal, VT
- County
- Bennington County
- FDID
- 02495
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Pownal Fire Protective Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #53 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,709 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
Pownal Fire Protective Association is 8.1% of Bennington County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 383 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tabor City Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.