Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Village of Plover Fire Department

Plover, WI · Portage County. Village of Plover Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.

45
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Village of Plover Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Wisconsin average.

Top 22%
national personnel size
+61%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
89/100
Village of Plover 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 A
45 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
45 personnel · 1 station

Village of Plover Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Plover, WI (Portage County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,049 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,049 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #137 of 695
  • 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Portage County

Village of Plover Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 49080 · Village of Plover Fire Department, WI 45 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 45
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,049
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Santa Fe County V…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Santa Fe County Volunteer Fire - Galisteo District, NM (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Plover, WI
FDID
49080

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Village of Plover Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #137 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,049 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 61% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster geometry

Portage County HIFLD mix around Village of Plover Fire Department

Portage County: 13 departments, 295 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 46% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Santa Fe County Volunteer Fire - Galisteo District, NM (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel

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