Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service
Wittenberg, WI · Shawano County. Wittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Wisconsin average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -43%
- 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.
Wittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Wittenberg, WI (Shawano County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,910 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,910 of 22,440
- WI personnel rank #675 of 695
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Shawano County
Wittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 58160 · Wittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service, WI 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,910
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sturgeon Lake
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sturgeon Lake Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Wittenberg Fire D… (this dept) 16
- High Red Bush Volunteer, KY 16
- Near Sturgeon Lake, MN 16
- Near Askov Volunteer, MN 16
- Near Quapaw Volunteer, OK 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wittenberg, WI
- County
- Shawano County
- FDID
- 58160
Staffing vs the Wisconsin average
How Wittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Wisconsin. In-state it ranks #675 of 695 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,910 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
Wittenberg Fire Department / Wittenberg Area Ambulance Service is 4.8% of Shawano County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 336 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sturgeon Lake Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WI department.