Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department

Solon Springs, WI · Douglas County. Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.

21
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Wisconsin average.

26th pct.
national personnel size
-25%
vs. Wisconsin average
1
station

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
42/100
Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
21 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
21 personnel · 1 station

Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Solon Springs, WI (Douglas County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,523 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,523 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #623 of 695
  • 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 18 other listed departments in Douglas County

Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 16140 · Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department, WI 21 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,523
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mansfield Fire De…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station, LA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Solon Springs, WI
FDID
16140

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #623 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,523 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 25% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department is 5.6% of Douglas County roster mass

The county lists 21 departments totaling 372 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station, LA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.