Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Bedford Fire Department

Bedford, NH · Hillsborough County. Bedford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 38 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.

38
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bedford Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the New Hampshire average.

Top 30%
national personnel size
+52%
vs. New Hampshire average
1
station
$1,071,724
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
79/100
Bedford Fire Department

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 A
38 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$28,203 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
38 personnel · 1 station

Bedford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bedford, NH (Hillsborough County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,657 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,071,724.

  • National personnel rank #6,657 of 22,440
  • NH personnel rank #66 of 203
  • 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 32 other listed departments in Hillsborough County

Bedford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 50380 · Bedford Fire Department, NH 38 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 38
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,657
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Park River Volunt…
  • FEMA-MID $1.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Park River Volunteer Fire Department, ND (+ 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 NH department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Bedford, NH
FDID
50380

FEMA Grant History

$1.1M
Cumulative funding (FY2019)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FF-00048 $1,071,724

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

Staffing vs the New Hampshire average

How Bedford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #66 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,657 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 52% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
10
NH departments
293

County roster fringe

Bedford Fire Department is 2.8% of Hillsborough County roster mass

The county lists 38 departments totaling 1,366 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 97% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Park River Volunteer Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Amherst Fire Department
Amherst · volunteer
Antrim Fire Department
Antrim · volunteer
Bennington Fire and Rescue
Bennington · volunteer
Brookline Fire Department
Brookline · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel

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

Park River Volunteer Fire Department, ND 38 Beaver Township Fire Department, OH 38 Culver Union Township Fire Department, IN 38 Bremen Volunteer Fire Department, IN 38 Bedford Fire Department, IN 38 Steubenville Fire Department - North Street Station, OH 38 Fulton Fire Department, NY 38 Big Corkscrew Island Fire Control and Rescue District, FL 38

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bedford Fire Department have?

Bedford Fire Department has 38 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 52% above the New Hampshire average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,657 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NH, it ranks #66 of 203 by personnel.

Does Bedford Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Bedford Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Bedford Fire Department operate?

Bedford Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Bedford Fire Department?

Bedford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hillsborough County, NH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Bedford Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Bedford Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $1,071,724 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire has 293 fire departments with 7,470 total personnel. 63% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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