Department profile
VolunteerSouth Royal Fire Department
South Royalton, VT · Windsor County. South Royal Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
South Royal Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +59%
- vs. Vermont 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.
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 Royal Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving South Royalton, VT (Windsor County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,298 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,298 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #73 of 150
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 26 other listed departments in Windsor County
South Royal Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 14604 · South Royal Fire Department, VT 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #12,298
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Allen Community V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Allen Community Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- South Royal (this dept) 27
- High Woodland Volunteer, WI 27
- Near Allen Community V…, MS 27
- Near Morrilton Volunte…, AR 27
- Near Leetonia, OH 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- South Royalton, VT
- County
- Windsor County
- FDID
- 14604
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How South Royal Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #73 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,298 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
South Royal Fire Department is 4.6% of Windsor County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 583 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 28% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Allen Community Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.