Department profile
VolunteerWautoma Area Fire District
Wautoma, WI · Waushara County. Wautoma Area Fire District is a Volunteer department and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Wautoma Area Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Wisconsin average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- vs. Wisconsin average
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.
Wautoma Area Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Wautoma, WI (Waushara County) and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,405 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,405 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #215 of 695
- 9 other listed departments in Waushara County
Wautoma Area Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 69050 · Wautoma Area Fire District, WI 40 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,405
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ottawa Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Wautoma Area Fire… (this dept) 40
- High Glen Rock Hose an…, PA 40
- Near Ottawa Volunteer, OH 40
- Near Atalissa Volunteer, IA 40
- Near Fairview Township, PA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wautoma, WI
- County
- Waushara County
- FDID
- 69050
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Wautoma Area Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #215 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,405 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster geometry
Waushara County HIFLD mix around Wautoma Area Fire District
Waushara County: 10 departments, 314 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.