Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderScotland Volunteer Fire Department
Scotland, CT · Windham County. Scotland Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Scotland Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Connecticut average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +40%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 1
- station
- $991,136
- 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.
Scotland Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Scotland, CT (Windham County), with 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,046 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $991,136.
- National personnel rank #3,046 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #90 of 203
- 1.79 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in Windham County
Scotland Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 04110 · Scotland Volunteer Fire Department, CT 56 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,046
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Underwood-Petersv…
- FEMA-MID $991K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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 CT department.
- Scotland Volunteer (this dept) 56
- High Mills River Fire…, NC 56
- Near Underwood-Petersv…, AL 56
- Near Chews Landing, NJ 56
- Near Portage, MI 56
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Scotland, CT
- County
- Windham County
- FDID
- 04110
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-00065 | $465,297.73 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-00305 | $183,438.03 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FF-00766 | $342,400 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Scotland Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #90 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,046 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
Scotland Volunteer Fire Department is 5.0% of Windham County roster mass
The county lists 37 departments totaling 1,118 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 97% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.