Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBennington Fire and Rescue
Bennington, NH · Hillsborough County. Bennington Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bennington Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Hampshire average.
- 34th pct.
- national personnel size
- -8%
- vs. New Hampshire 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.
Bennington Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Bennington, NH (Hillsborough County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,922 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,922 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #154 of 203
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 32 other listed departments in Hillsborough County
Bennington Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 50490 · Bennington Fire and Rescue, NH 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,922
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ethridge Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ethridge Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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 NH department.
- Bennington Fire a… (this dept) 23
- High Howard, SD 23
- Near Ethridge Volunteer, TN 23
- Near Horse Cave, KY 23
- Near Kellogg Fire and…, IA 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bennington, NH
- County
- Hillsborough County
- FDID
- 50490
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Bennington Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #154 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,922 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Bennington Fire and Rescue is 1.7% 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.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ethridge Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.