Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station
Sturgeon Bay, WI · Door County. Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +29%
- vs. Wisconsin 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.
Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station is a Volunteer department serving Sturgeon Bay, WI (Door County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,498 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,498 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #270 of 695
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Door County
Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 15070 · Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station, WI 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,498
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wrangell Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, AK (+ 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.
- Sturgeon Bay Fire… (this dept) 36
- High Linton, ND 36
- Near Wrangell Volunteer, AK 36
- Near Petit Jean Fire S…, AR 36
- Near Negley Volunteer…, OH 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sturgeon Bay, WI
- County
- Door County
- FDID
- 15070
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #270 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,498 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Door County HIFLD mix around Sturgeon Bay Fire Department - East Station
Door County: 15 departments, 315 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 60% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, AK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.