Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBristol Fire and Rescue Department
Bristol, RI · Bristol County. Bristol Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 195 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.
- 195
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bristol Fire and Rescue Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Rhode Island average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +413%
- vs. Rhode Island average
- 5
- stations
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.
Bristol Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Bristol, RI (Bristol County), with 5 stations and 195 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #238 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #238 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #2 of 66
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Bristol County
Bristol Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
195 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 00200 · Bristol Fire and Rescue Department, RI 195 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 195
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #238
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Republic County R…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Republic County Rural 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 RI department.
- High Westarea, NC 196
- Near Georgetown County, SC 196
- Bristol Fire and… (this dept) 195
- Near Republic County R…, KS 195
- Near Smithtown, NY 195
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bristol, RI
- County
- Bristol County
- FDID
- 00200
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How Bristol Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #2 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #238 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster weight
Bristol Fire and Rescue Department carries 82.6% of Bristol County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (236 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 17% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 195 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Republic County Rural Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 195 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.