Department profile
VolunteerRupert Volunteer Fire Department
West Rupert, VT · Bennington County. Rupert Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Rupert Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +124%
- vs. Vermont average
- 1
- station
- $264,762
- 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.
Rupert Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Rupert, VT (Bennington County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,850 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $264,762.
- National personnel rank #6,850 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #31 of 150
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Bennington County
Rupert Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 02537 · Rupert Volunteer Fire Department, VT 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #6,850
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cotton Volunteer
- FEMA-LIGHT $265K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cotton Volunteer 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.
- Rupert Volunteer (this dept) 38
- High Colington, NC 38
- Near Cotton Volunteer, NC 38
- Near Pleasant Valley, MO 38
- Near Haworth, NJ 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Rupert, VT
- County
- Bennington County
- FDID
- 02537
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FV-01519 | $264,762 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Rupert Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #31 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,850 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
Rupert Volunteer Fire Department is 9.9% 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.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cotton Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.