Department profile

Volunteer

Tomah Volunteer Fire Department

Tomah, WI · Monroe County. Tomah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

31
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Tomah Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.

Top 44%
national personnel size
+11%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
23/100
Tomah 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 D
15.5 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
31 personnel · 2 stations

Tomah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Tomah, WI (Monroe County), with 2 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,772 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,772 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #387 of 695
  • 6.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Monroe County

Tomah Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

31 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 41080 · Tomah Volunteer Fire Department, WI 31 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #9,772
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bradley-Prosperit…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bradley-Prosperity Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Tomah, WI
FDID
41080

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Tomah Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #387 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,772 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 11% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Tomah Volunteer Fire Department is 9.7% of Monroe County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 321 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bradley-Prosperity Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel

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