Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBelfast Volunteer Fire Department
Belfast, ME · Waldo County. Belfast Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 64 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.
- 64
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Belfast Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +205%
- vs. Maine 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.
Belfast Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Belfast, ME (Waldo County), with 1 station and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,289 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,289 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #22 of 290
- 1.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Waldo County
Belfast Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 N0050 · Belfast Volunteer Fire Department, ME 64 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 64
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,289
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Calumet City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Calumet City Fire Department, IL (+ 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 ME department.
- Belfast Volunteer (this dept) 64
- High Georgetown, TX 64
- Near Calumet City, IL 64
- Near Fairbury, IL 64
- Near Fulton Fire Prote…, IL 64
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Belfast, ME
- County
- Waldo County
- FDID
- N0050
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Belfast Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #22 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,289 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster geometry
Waldo County HIFLD mix around Belfast Volunteer Fire Department
Waldo County: 30 departments, 485 personnel (21 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 20% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 64 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Calumet City Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 64 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.