Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBrimfield Fire Department
Brimfield, MA · Hampden County. Brimfield Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 53 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.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brimfield Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +51%
- vs. Massachusetts 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.
Brimfield Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Brimfield, MA (Hampden County), with 1 station and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,417 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,417 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #100 of 326
- 1.89 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Hampden County
Brimfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 13043 · Brimfield Fire Department, MA 53 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,417
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Davenport Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Davenport Volunteer 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.
- Brimfield (this dept) 53
- High Ludlow, VT 53
- Near Davenport Volunte…, NY 53
- Near Clarksdale Fire D…, MS 53
- Near Verdigre Volunteer, NE 53
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Brimfield, MA
- County
- Hampden County
- FDID
- 13043
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Brimfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #100 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,417 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Brimfield Fire Department is 3.7% of Hampden County roster mass
The county lists 36 departments totaling 1,431 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Davenport Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.