Department profile
VolunteerWestby-Christiana Fire Protection District
Westby, WI · Vernon County. Westby-Christiana Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Westby-Christiana Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Wisconsin average.
- 34th pct.
- national personnel size
- -14%
- vs. Wisconsin 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.
Westby-Christiana Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Westby, WI (Vernon County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,867 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,867 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #584 of 695
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Vernon County
Westby-Christiana Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 62110 · Westby-Christiana Fire Protection District, WI 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,867
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sweetwater
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sweetwater Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Westby-Christiana… (this dept) 24
- High Alcester Volunteer, SD 24
- Near Sweetwater, TN 24
- Near Starbrick Volunte…, PA 24
- Near Forest Fire Depar…, LA 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Westby, WI
- County
- Vernon County
- FDID
- 62110
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Westby-Christiana Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #584 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,867 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 54
- WI departments
- 961
County roster fringe
Westby-Christiana Fire Protection District is 9.6% of Vernon County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 251 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sweetwater Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.