Department profile

Volunteer

Wilmington Fire Department

Wilmington, VT · Windham County. Wilmington Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

40
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Wilmington Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Vermont average.

Top 29%
national personnel size
+135%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
83/100
Wilmington Fire Department

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 A
40 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
40 personnel · 1 station

Wilmington Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wilmington, VT (Windham County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,431 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,431 of 22,440
  • VT personnel rank #29 of 150
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • 23 other listed departments in Windham County

Wilmington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 13762 · Wilmington Fire Department, VT 40 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #6,431
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Monmouth Fir…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fort Monmouth Fire and Emergency Services-Dod, NJ (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Wilmington, VT
FDID
13762

Staffing vs the Vermont average

How Wilmington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Vermont. In-state it ranks #29 of 150 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,431 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 135% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
11
VT departments
250

County roster fringe

Wilmington Fire Department is 7.6% of Windham County roster mass

The county lists 29 departments totaling 525 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 21% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Fort Monmouth Fire and Emergency Services-Dod, NJ (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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