Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department

Washington Island, WI · Door County. Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.

26
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.

42nd pct.
national personnel size
-7%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
Washington Island 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
26 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
26 personnel · 1 station

Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Washington Island, WI (Door County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,937 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,937 of 22,440
  • WI personnel rank #526 of 695
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Door County

Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 15080 · Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department, WI 26 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #12,937
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lawtons Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lawtons Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+ 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
Washington Island, WI
FDID
15080

Staffing vs the Wisconsin average

How Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #526 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,937 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 7% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
54
WI departments
961

County roster fringe

Washington Island Volunteer Fire Department is 8.3% of Door County roster mass

The county lists 15 departments totaling 315 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lawtons Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).

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

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