Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBridgeport Fire Department - Rescue Squad 5
Bridgeport, CT · Fairfield County. Bridgeport Fire Department - Rescue Squad 5 is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 366 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.
- 366
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bridgeport Fire Department - Rescue Squad 5 pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Connecticut average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +815%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 8
- stations
- $5,131,014
- 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.
Bridgeport Fire Department - Rescue Squad 5 is a Career (Paid) department serving Bridgeport, CT (Fairfield County), with 8 stations and 366 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #82 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,131,014.
- National personnel rank #82 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #1 of 203
- 2.19 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 47 other listed departments in Fairfield County
Bridgeport Fire Department - Rescue Squad 5 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
366 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 05020 · Bridgeport Fire Department - Rescue Squad 5, CT 366 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 366
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #82
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salt Lake City
- FEMA-HEAVY $5.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Salt Lake City Fire Department, UT (+ 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 CT department.
- Bridgeport Fire D… (this dept) 366
- High Salt Lake City, UT 366
- Near Stockton, CA 364
- Near Fresno County Fir…, CA 357
- Low Gary, IN 355
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Bridgeport, CT
- County
- Fairfield County
- FDID
- 05020
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01766 | $1,038,443.61 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-01461 | $289,515.63 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-05729 | $911,029.27 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00355 | $2,625,828 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO06455 | $219,091 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO05610 | $257,155 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO02206 | $197,597 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FH01181 | $-407,646 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Bridgeport Fire Department - Rescue Squad 5's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #1 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #82 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Fairfield County
County mix is mostly volunteer (28 volunteer / 8 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
2.19 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 366 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Salt Lake City Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 366 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.