Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Town 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
55/100
Town of Vernon 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
25.5 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
153 personnel · 6 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Vernon, CT
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.

▲ 283% above the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 153 personnel

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