Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAshland Fire Department
Ashland, MA · Middlesex County. Ashland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ashland Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- -6%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 2
- stations
- $2,241,759
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Ashland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ashland, MA (Middlesex County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,572 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,241,759.
- National personnel rank #8,572 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #209 of 326
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Ashland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 17014 · Ashland Fire Department, MA 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,572
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ California Depart…
- FEMA-MID $2.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District, CA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 MA department.
- Ashland (this dept) 33
- High Boykins Volunteer…, VA 33
- Near California Depart…, CA 33
- Near Copper Creek-Mocc…, VA 33
- Near Coolin Cavanaugh…, ID 33
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Ashland, MA
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 17014
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-03643 | $690,476.19 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-02307 | $921,943.63 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00249 | $629,338.77 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Ashland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #209 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,572 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Ashland Fire Department is 0.9% of Middlesex County roster mass
The county lists 95 departments totaling 3,724 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 99% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.