Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department

Thermopolis, WY · Hot Springs County. Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wyoming average.

37th pct.
national personnel size
-14%
vs. Wyoming 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Thermopolis, WY (Hot Springs County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,050 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,050 of 22,440
  • WY personnel rank #62 of 115
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 0 other listed departments in Hot Springs County

Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 17513 · Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department, WY 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,050
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Capron Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated, VA (+ 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 WY department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Thermopolis, WY
FDID
17513

Staffing vs the Wyoming average

How Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wyoming. In-state it ranks #62 of 115 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,050 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 14% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
10
WY departments
167

County roster weight

Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department carries 100.0% of Hot Springs County HIFLD personnel

Among 1 listed departments (25 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Capron Volunteer Fire and First Aid Squad Incorporated, VA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WY department.