Department profile

Volunteer

Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department

Bridgewater, CT · Litchfield County. Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 68 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

68
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Connecticut average.

Top 9%
national personnel size
+70%
vs. Connecticut 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
PlainFireData Composite Score
95/100
Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity A
68 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
68 personnel · 1 station

Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bridgewater, CT (Litchfield County), with 1 station and 68 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,028 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,028 of 22,440
  • CT personnel rank #66 of 203
  • 1.47 stations per 100 personnel
  • 42 other listed departments in Litchfield County

Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

68 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 01030 · Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department, CT 68 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 68
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #2,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Adams Count…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: South Adams County Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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 CT department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Bridgewater, CT
FDID
01030

Staffing vs the Connecticut average

How Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #66 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,028 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 70% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
34
CT departments
418

County roster fringe

Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department is 4.0% of Litchfield County roster mass

The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,685 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.47 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 68 roster).

Photo-finish peer: South Adams County Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 68 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.