Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVolunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated
Prospect, CT · New Haven County. Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Connecticut average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +55%
- vs. Connecticut 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.
Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Prospect, CT (New Haven County), with 1 station and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,479 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,479 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #79 of 203
- 1.61 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 34 other listed departments in New Haven County
Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 06210 · Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated, CT 62 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,479
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Ellijay
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Ellijay Fire Department, GA (+ 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.
- Volunteer Fire De… (this dept) 62
- High Shelby Township, MI 62
- Near City of Ellijay, GA 62
- Near Frewsburg Fire Co…, NY 62
- Near Mankato, MN 62
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Prospect, CT
- County
- New Haven County
- FDID
- 06210
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #79 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,479 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect Incorporated is 1.8% of New Haven County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 3,458 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.61 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Ellijay Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.