Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWaterford Volunteer Fire Department
Waterford, VT · Caledonia County. Waterford 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
Waterford Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +53%
- vs. Vermont 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.
Waterford Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waterford, VT (Caledonia 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 #12,939 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,939 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #80 of 150
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Caledonia County
Waterford 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 03699 · Waterford Volunteer Fire Department, VT 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 #12,939
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alexis Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alexis Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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 VT department.
- Waterford Volunte… (this dept) 26
- High Madrid Volunteer, AL 26
- Near Alexis Volunteer, NC 26
- Near Harlem Department…, GA 26
- Near Henrietta Township, MI 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Waterford, VT
- County
- Caledonia County
- FDID
- 03699
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How Waterford Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #80 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,939 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster geometry
Caledonia County HIFLD mix around Waterford Volunteer Fire Department
Caledonia County: 15 departments, 223 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alexis Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.