Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderStanley Volunteer Fire Department
Stanley, WI · Chippewa County. Stanley Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 68 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.
- 68
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Stanley Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +143%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 1
- station
- $205,959
- 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.
Stanley Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stanley, WI (Chippewa County), with 1 station and 68 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,059 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $205,959.
- National personnel rank #2,059 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #37 of 695
- 1.47 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Chippewa County
Stanley Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
68 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 09090 · Stanley Volunteer Fire Department, WI 68 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 68
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,059
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Highland Park
- FEMA-LIGHT $206K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Highland Park Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Stanley Volunteer (this dept) 68
- High Norfolk Fire Divi…, NE 68
- Near Highland Park, MI 68
- Near Eden, NC 68
- Near Gravois Fire Prot…, MO 68
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stanley, WI
- County
- Chippewa County
- FDID
- 09090
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-03777 | $205,959 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Stanley Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #37 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,059 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Chippewa County HIFLD mix around Stanley Volunteer Fire Department
Chippewa County: 13 departments, 469 personnel (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 69% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.47 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 68 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Highland Park Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 68 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.