Department profile
VolunteerShawano Area Fire Department
Shawano, WI · Shawano County. Shawano Area Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Shawano Area Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +86%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 3
- 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.
Shawano Area Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Shawano, WI (Shawano County), with 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,650 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,650 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #80 of 695
- 5.77 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Shawano County
Shawano Area Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 58100 · Shawano Area Fire Department, WI 52 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,650
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hartford Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hartford Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- Shawano Area (this dept) 52
- High Independence Fire…, KY 52
- Near Hartford Voluntee…, NY 52
- Near Greenwich, NY 52
- Near Moraine, OH 52
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shawano, WI
- County
- Shawano County
- FDID
- 58100
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Shawano Area Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #80 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,650 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Shawano County HIFLD mix around Shawano Area Fire Department
Shawano County: 16 departments, 336 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 69% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hartford Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.