Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1

Willington, CT · Tolland County. Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1 is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 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.

37
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1 pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Connecticut average.

Top 32%
national personnel size
-7%
vs. Connecticut average
2
stations

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
33/100
Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1

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 D
18.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
37 personnel · 2 stations

Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1 is a Volunteer department serving Willington, CT (Tolland County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,183 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,183 of 22,440
  • CT personnel rank #155 of 203
  • 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Tolland County

Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1 vs. the national personnel distribution

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

37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 03130 · Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1, CT 37 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,183
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Highlands Fire Di…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Highlands Fire District, AZ (+ 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 CT department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Willington, CT
FDID
03130

Staffing vs the Connecticut average

How Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #155 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,183 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 7% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
34
CT departments
418

County roster fringe

Willington Fire Department Incorporated 1 is 3.8% of Tolland County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 973 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Highlands Fire District, AZ (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel

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