Department profile
VolunteerWest Rutland Fire Department
West Rutland, VT · Rutland County. West Rutland Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Rutland Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Vermont average.
- 21st pct.
- national personnel size
- +18%
- 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.
West Rutland Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Rutland, VT (Rutland County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,809 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,809 of 22,440
- VT personnel rank #120 of 150
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 28 other listed departments in Rutland County
West Rutland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 11735 · West Rutland Fire Department, VT 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #17,809
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sandwich Fire Res…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sandwich Fire Rescue Department - Central Station, NH (+ 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.
- West Rutland (this dept) 20
- High Forest, IN 20
- Near Sandwich Fire Res…, NH 20
- Near Florissant Fire a…, CO 20
- Near Carmichael Volunt…, MS 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Rutland, VT
- County
- Rutland County
- FDID
- 11735
Staffing vs the Vermont average
How West Rutland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #120 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,809 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- VT departments
- 250
County roster fringe
West Rutland Fire Department is 3.8% 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.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sandwich Fire Rescue Department - Central Station, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VT department.