Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTown of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department
Vernon, CT · Tolland County. Town of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 153 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.
- 153
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Town of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Connecticut average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +283%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 6
- 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.
Town of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Vernon, CT (Tolland County), with 6 stations and 153 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #394 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #394 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #10 of 203
- 3.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Tolland County
Town of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
153 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 03120 · Town of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department, CT 153 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 153
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #394
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Volunteer Fire Se…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Volunteer Fire Services Incorporated, TN (+ 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 CT department.
- Town of Vernon Vo… (this dept) 153
- High Kenosha, WI 153
- Near Volunteer Fire Se…, TN 153
- Near Vestal, NY 153
- Near Rome, GA 153
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Vernon, CT
- County
- Tolland County
- FDID
- 03120
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Town of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #10 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #394 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster geometry
Tolland County HIFLD mix around Town of Vernon Volunteer Fire Department
Tolland County: 27 departments, 973 personnel (16 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 153 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Volunteer Fire Services Incorporated, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 153 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.