Department profile
VolunteerPrairie Du Chien Fire Department
Prairie Du Chien, WI · Crawford County. Prairie Du Chien Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Prairie Du Chien Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- +7%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 2
- stations
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.
Prairie Du Chien Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Prairie Du Chien, WI (Crawford County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,598 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,598 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #431 of 695
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Crawford County
Prairie Du Chien Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 12080 · Prairie Du Chien Fire Department, WI 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,598
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Longshop - McCoy…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Longshop - McCoy Volunteer Fire Department, 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 WI department.
- Prairie Du Chien (this dept) 30
- High Rossville Volunte…, IN 30
- Near Longshop - McCoy…, VA 30
- Near Riner Volunteer, VA 30
- Near New Hartford, IA 30
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Prairie Du Chien, WI
- County
- Crawford County
- FDID
- 12080
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Prairie Du Chien Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #431 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,598 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Crawford County HIFLD mix around Prairie Du Chien Fire Department
Crawford County: 10 departments, 224 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Longshop - McCoy Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.