Department profile

Career (Paid)

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station

Augusta, ME · Kennebec County. Augusta Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 44 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

44
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.

Top 23%
national personnel size
+110%
vs. Maine average
4
stations
$2,966,890
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Augusta Fire Department - Central Station

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.

Staffing capacity F
11 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment A
$67,429 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
44 personnel · 4 stations

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Augusta, ME (Kennebec County), with 4 stations and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,086 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,966,890.

  • National personnel rank #5,086 of 22,440
  • ME personnel rank #61 of 290
  • 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
  • 33 other listed departments in Kennebec County

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 F0020 · Augusta Fire Department - Central Station, ME 44 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 44
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #5,086
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bastrop
  • FEMA-MID $3.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bastrop Fire Department, TX (+ 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 ME department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Augusta, ME
FDID
F0020

FEMA Grant History

$3.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FF-00310 $2,464,946.8
2014 EMW2013FH00701 $501,943

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Maine average

How Augusta Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #61 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,086 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 110% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
20
ME departments
497

County roster fringe

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station is 5.9% of Kennebec County roster mass

The county lists 40 departments totaling 744 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 35% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 44 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bastrop Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Albion Fire Department
Albion · volunteer
All ME departments →

Nationwide career peers near 44 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.

Bastrop Fire Department, TX 44 Bulverde Fire Department, TX 44 Cibolo Volunteer Fire Department, TX 44 Ewing-Northern Fire Protection District, IL 44 Fort Meade Fire and Emergency Services-Dod, MD 44 Glencoe Department of Public Safety, IL 44 Maywood Fire Department, IL 44 Laconia Fire Department - Central Station, NH 44

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Augusta Fire Department - Central Station have?

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station has 44 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 110% above the Maine average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,086 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within ME, it ranks #61 of 290 by personnel.

Does Augusta Fire Department - Central Station provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Augusta Fire Department - Central Station in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Augusta Fire Department - Central Station operate?

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Augusta Fire Department - Central Station?

Augusta Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Kennebec County, ME. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Augusta Fire Department - Central Station received federal grants?

Yes, Augusta Fire Department - Central Station has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $2,966,889.8 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Maine?

Maine has 497 fire departments with 10,506 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.