Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Burlington Fire and Rescue
South Burlington, VT · Chittenden County. South Burlington Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Burlington Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- +94%
- vs. Vermont average
- 2
- 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.
South Burlington Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving South Burlington, VT (Chittenden County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,869 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,869 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #43 of 150
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Chittenden County
South Burlington Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 04600 · South Burlington Fire and Rescue, VT 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,869
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Moores Mill Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Moores Mill Volunteer Fire Rescue, AL (+ 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 VT department.
- South Burlington… (this dept) 33
- High Hooper Fire and R…, NE 33
- Near Moores Mill Volun…, AL 33
- Near Bella Vista, AR 33
- Near Hatton Volunteer, AL 33
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- South Burlington, VT
- County
- Chittenden County
- FDID
- 04600
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How South Burlington Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #43 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,869 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster fringe
South Burlington Fire and Rescue is 8.1% of Chittenden County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 408 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 29% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Moores Mill Volunteer Fire Rescue, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.