Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAuburn Fire Department
Auburn, MA · Worcester County. Auburn Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 48 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.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Auburn Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +37%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 2
- stations
- $2,965,561
- 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.
Auburn Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Auburn, MA (Worcester County), with 2 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,231 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,965,561.
- National personnel rank #4,231 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #120 of 326
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 71 other listed departments in Worcester County
Auburn Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 27017 · Auburn Fire Department, MA 48 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,231
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Leicester Volunte…
- FEMA-MID $3.0M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Leicester Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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 MA department.
- Auburn (this dept) 48
- High Copenhagen, NY 48
- Near Leicester Volunte…, NY 48
- Near Mills Volunteer, WY 48
- Near Canajoharie Volun…, NY 48
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Auburn, MA
- County
- Worcester County
- FDID
- 27017
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-00882 | $1,910,318.87 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FR-00466 | $477,273 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00375 | $250,898.12 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO05779 | $327,071 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Auburn Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #120 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,231 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
Auburn Fire Department is 1.7% of Worcester County roster mass
The county lists 94 departments totaling 2,783 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Leicester Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.