Department profile
VolunteerStarksboro Volunteer Fire Department
Starksboro, VT · Addison County. Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- 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.
Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Starksboro, VT (Addison County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,235 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,235 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #66 of 150
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- 20 other listed departments in Addison County
Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 01615 · Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department, VT 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Broad and Gales C…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Starksboro Volunt… (this dept) 29
- High Sunrise Beach, MO 29
- Near Broad and Gales C…, NC 29
- Near Sealevel Fire Res…, NC 29
- Near Delta Volunteer, AL 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Starksboro, VT
- County
- Addison County
- FDID
- 01615
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #66 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,235 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
Starksboro Volunteer Fire Department is 7.2% of Addison County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 405 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Broad and Gales Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.