Department profile
VolunteerWilton Fire Department
Wilton, ME · Franklin County. Wilton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Wilton Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Maine average.
- Top 48%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- vs. Maine 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.
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.
Wilton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wilton, ME (Franklin County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,873 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,873 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #144 of 290
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Franklin County
Wilton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 D5170 · Wilton Fire Department, ME 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #10,873
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 167 Civil Enginee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+ 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 ME department.
- Wilton (this dept) 30
- High Allen Township Vo…, IL 30
- Near 167 Civil Enginee…, WV 30
- Near Akron-Princeville…, IL 30
- Near Alamo, TX 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wilton, ME
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- D5170
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Wilton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #144 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,873 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster geometry
Franklin County HIFLD mix around Wilton Fire Department
Franklin County: 18 departments, 258 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 28% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.