Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWauwatosa Fire Department
Wauwatosa, WI · Milwaukee County. Wauwatosa Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 118 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.
- 118
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wauwatosa Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +321%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 3
- stations
- $245,543
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Wauwatosa Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Wauwatosa, WI (Milwaukee County), with 3 stations and 118 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #705 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $245,543.
- National personnel rank #705 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #9 of 695
- 2.54 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Milwaukee County
Wauwatosa Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
118 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 40110 · Wauwatosa Fire Department, WI 118 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 118
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #705
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wynantskill
- FEMA-LIGHT $246K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wynantskill Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Wauwatosa (this dept) 118
- High Lakeland, NY 118
- Near Wynantskill, NY 118
- Near Sycamore Township, OH 118
- Near Island Park, NY 118
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Wauwatosa, WI
- County
- Milwaukee County
- FDID
- 40110
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | EMW2012FO04790 | $245,543 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Wauwatosa Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #9 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #705 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster fringe
Wauwatosa Fire Department is 6.5% of Milwaukee County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 1,819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.54 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 118 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wynantskill Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 118 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.