Department profile
VolunteerStowe Fire Department
Stowe, VT · Lamoille County. Stowe Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Stowe Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +141%
- 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.
Stowe Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stowe, VT (Lamoille County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,793 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,793 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #19 of 150
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Lamoille County
Stowe Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 08621 · Stowe Fire Department, VT 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #5,793
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westfield Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westfield 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.
- Stowe (this dept) 41
- High Bath-Highland Vol…, VA 41
- Near Westfield Volunte…, NC 41
- Near Pinnacle Voluntee…, NC 41
- Near Stack Road Volunt…, NC 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stowe, VT
- County
- Lamoille County
- FDID
- 08621
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Stowe Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #19 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,793 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster geometry
Lamoille County HIFLD mix around Stowe Fire Department
Lamoille County: 7 departments, 225 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Westfield 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 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.