Department profile

Volunteer

Village of Silver Lake Fire Department

Silver Lake, WI · Kenosha County. Village of Silver Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

35
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Village of Silver Lake Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.

Top 36%
national personnel size
+25%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Village of Silver Lake 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 B
35 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
35 personnel · 1 station

Village of Silver Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Silver Lake, WI (Kenosha County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,185 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,185 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #307 of 695
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Kenosha County

Village of Silver Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 30050 · Village of Silver Lake Fire Department, WI 35 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #8,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Richhill Township…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service, PA (+ 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
Silver Lake, WI
FDID
30050

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Village of Silver Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #307 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,185 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 25% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Village of Silver Lake Fire Department is 7.6% of Kenosha County roster mass

The county lists 15 departments totaling 459 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service, PA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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