Department profile
VolunteerBridgewater Fire Department
Bridgewater, ME · Aroostook County. Bridgewater Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Bridgewater Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Maine average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Maine 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.
Bridgewater Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bridgewater, ME (Aroostook County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,138 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,138 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #215 of 290
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 27 other listed departments in Aroostook County
Bridgewater Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 B1460 · Bridgewater Fire Department, ME 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #16,138
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Almena Area
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Almena Area Fire Department, KS (+ 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 ME department.
- Bridgewater (this dept) 21
- High Blue Ridge Volunt…, TX 21
- Near Almena Area, KS 21
- Near Ashmore Fire Prot…, IL 21
- Near Bagwell Community…, TX 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bridgewater, ME
- County
- Aroostook County
- FDID
- B1460
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Bridgewater Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #215 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,138 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Bridgewater Fire Department is 3.5% of Aroostook County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 592 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 7% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Almena Area Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.