Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Bend Fire Department
West Bend, WI · Washington County. West Bend Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Bend Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Wisconsin average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +107%
- vs. Wisconsin average
- 3
- stations
- $3,007,169
- 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.
West Bend Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving West Bend, WI (Washington County), with 3 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,870 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,007,169.
- National personnel rank #2,870 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #56 of 695
- 5.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Washington County
West Bend Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 66010 · West Bend Fire Department, WI 58 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,870
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ledgedale Volunte…
- FEMA-MID $3.0M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company, PA (+ 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.
- West Bend (this dept) 58
- High Covington Fire De…, VA 58
- Near Ledgedale Volunte…, PA 58
- Near Ardsley, NY 58
- Near Seabrook, NH 58
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- West Bend, WI
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 66010
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-00732 | $2,838,077.82 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-03768 | $169,091 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How West Bend Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #56 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,870 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
West Bend Fire Department is 9.6% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 603 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.