Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRacine Fire Department
Racine, WI · Racine County. Racine Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 155 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.
- 155
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Racine Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +454%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 7
- stations
- $3,187,482
- 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.
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.
Racine Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Racine, WI (Racine County), with 7 stations and 155 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #384 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,187,482.
- National personnel rank #384 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #4 of 695
- 4.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Racine County
Racine Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
155 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 51010 · Racine Fire Department, WI 155 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 155
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #384
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plainview
- FEMA-MID $3.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Plainview Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Racine (this dept) 155
- High Denton, TX 155
- Near Plainview, NY 155
- Near Washington Townsh…, OH 155
- Low Sag Harbor, NY 154
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Racine, WI
- County
- Racine County
- FDID
- 51010
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-08623 | $254,804.54 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-02140 | $2,743,227.45 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO06640 | $189,450 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Racine Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #4 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #384 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster weight
Racine Fire Department carries 31.4% of Racine County HIFLD personnel
Among 18 listed departments (493 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 44% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 155 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Plainview Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 155 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.