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Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station

Thetford Center, VT · Orange County. Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

50
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.

Top 18%
national personnel size
+194%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station

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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
50 personnel · 2 stations

Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station is a Volunteer department serving Thetford Center, VT (Orange County), with 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,075 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,075 of 22,440
  • VT personnel rank #8 of 150
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 19 other listed departments in Orange County

Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 09462 · Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station, VT 50 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 50
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #4,075
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ The Maryland Heig…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: The Maryland Heights Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Thetford Center, VT
FDID
09462

Staffing vs the Vermont average

How Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #8 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,075 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 194% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
11
VT departments
250

County roster geometry

Orange County HIFLD mix around Thetford Volunteer Fire Department - Thetford Hills Station

Orange County: 22 departments, 256 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 5% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 50 roster).

Photo-finish peer: The Maryland Heights Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel

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