Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAlton Fire and Rescue Department
Alton, NH · Belknap County. Alton Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alton Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the New Hampshire average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- +28%
- vs. New Hampshire average
- 3
- 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.
Alton Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Alton, NH (Belknap County), with 3 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,932 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,932 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #93 of 203
- 9.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Belknap County
Alton Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 00105 · Alton Fire and Rescue Department, NH 32 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,932
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grants Pass Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Grants Pass Fire and Rescue Operations Division, OR (+ 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 NH department.
- Alton Fire and Re… (this dept) 32
- High Colville, WA 32
- Near Grants Pass Fire…, OR 32
- Near McCalla Area Fire…, AL 32
- Near Idanha-Detroit Ru…, OR 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Alton, NH
- County
- Belknap County
- FDID
- 00105
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Alton Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #93 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,932 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Alton Fire and Rescue Department is 8.9% of Belknap County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 358 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Grants Pass Fire and Rescue Operations Division, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.