Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBridgewater Fire Department
Bridgewater, MA · Plymouth County. Bridgewater Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bridgewater Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +11%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 2
- stations
- $2,486,127
- 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.
Bridgewater Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bridgewater, MA (Plymouth County), with 2 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,465 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,486,127.
- National personnel rank #6,465 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #172 of 326
- 5.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Plymouth County
Bridgewater Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 23042 · Bridgewater Fire Department, MA 39 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,465
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Juda Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $2.5M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Juda Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Bridgewater (this dept) 39
- High West Hamlin Volun…, WV 39
- Near Juda Volunteer, WI 39
- Near Upper Darby Towns…, PA 39
- Near Remington Arms Co…, NY 39
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Bridgewater, MA
- County
- Plymouth County
- FDID
- 23042
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-02194 | $311,342 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-06691 | $213,636.36 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00547 | $1,654,336 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-0606 | $306,813 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Bridgewater Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #172 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,465 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Bridgewater Fire Department is 2.7% of Plymouth County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,438 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Juda Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.