Department profile
VolunteerTownsend Fire Department
Townsend, WI · Oconto County. Townsend Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Townsend Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +29%
- vs. Wisconsin 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.
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.
Townsend Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Townsend, WI (Oconto County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,513 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,513 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #273 of 695
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- 17 other listed departments in Oconto County
Townsend Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 42100 · Townsend Fire Department, WI 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,513
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Leading Creek Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Leading Creek 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.
- Townsend (this dept) 36
- High Kirtland, OH 36
- Near Leading Creek Vol…, WV 36
- Near Center Brunswick, NY 36
- Near Holly Springs Vol…, SC 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Townsend, WI
- County
- Oconto County
- FDID
- 42100
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Townsend Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #273 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,513 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster fringe
Townsend Fire Department is 6.7% of Oconto County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 538 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 11% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Leading Creek Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.