Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBedford Fire Department
Bedford, MA · Middlesex County. Bedford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bedford Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +3%
- vs. Massachusetts 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.
Bedford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bedford, MA (Middlesex County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,210 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,210 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #188 of 326
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Bedford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 17023 · Bedford Fire Department, MA 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,210
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Northshore Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Northshore 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.
- Bedford (this dept) 36
- High Hilltop, NY 36
- Near Northshore Fire P…, CA 36
- Near Lower Alloways Cr…, NJ 36
- Near Adwolfe Volunteer…, VA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Bedford, MA
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 17023
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Bedford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #188 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,210 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Bedford Fire Department is 1.0% 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.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Northshore Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.