Department profile

Volunteer

Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Wells, VT · Rutland County. Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Vermont average.

Top 48%
national personnel size
+76%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

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 B
30 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
30 personnel · 1 station

Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Wells, VT (Rutland County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,844 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,844 of 22,440
  • VT personnel rank #61 of 150
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 28 other listed departments in Rutland County

Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 11708 · Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, VT 30 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #10,844
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Copper Mountain C…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan Fire District, CO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Wells, VT
FDID
11708

Staffing vs the Vermont average

How Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #61 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,844 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 76% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
11
VT departments
250

County roster fringe

Wells Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 5.7% of Rutland County roster mass

The county lists 31 departments totaling 529 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 10% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan Fire District, CO (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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