Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBlackstone Fire Department
Blackstone, MA · Worcester County. Blackstone Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Blackstone Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- -3%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 3
- stations
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.
Blackstone Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Blackstone, MA (Worcester County), with 3 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,266 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,266 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #203 of 326
- 8.82 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 71 other listed departments in Worcester County
Blackstone Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 27032 · Blackstone Fire Department, MA 34 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,266
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Erieville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Erieville Fire Department, NY (+ 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 MA department.
- Blackstone (this dept) 34
- High Earlville, IA 34
- Near Erieville, NY 34
- Near Maple Plain, MN 34
- Near Harahan Volunteer, LA 34
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Blackstone, MA
- County
- Worcester County
- FDID
- 27032
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Blackstone Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #203 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,266 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
Blackstone Fire Department is 1.2% of Worcester County roster mass
The county lists 94 departments totaling 2,783 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Erieville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.