Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBellingham Fire Department
Bellingham, MA · Norfolk County. Bellingham Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bellingham Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Massachusetts average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- -23%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 3
- stations
- $417,866
- 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.
Bellingham Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bellingham, MA (Norfolk County), with 3 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,934 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $417,866.
- National personnel rank #11,934 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #256 of 326
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Norfolk County
Bellingham Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 21025 · Bellingham Fire Department, MA 27 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,934
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marinwood
- FEMA-LIGHT $418K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marinwood Fire Department, 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.
- Bellingham (this dept) 27
- High Jaffrey, NH 27
- Near Marinwood, CA 27
- Near Carrollton, KY 27
- Near Carlos, MN 27
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Bellingham, MA
- County
- Norfolk County
- FDID
- 21025
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | EMW2012FO00083 | $212,688 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0028 | $205,178 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Bellingham Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #256 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,934 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Bellingham Fire Department is 1.7% of Norfolk County roster mass
The county lists 44 departments totaling 1,632 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marinwood Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.