Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Bucksport Public Safety

Bucksport, ME · Hancock County. Bucksport Public Safety is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.

40
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bucksport Public Safety pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Maine average.

Top 26%
national personnel size
+90%
vs. Maine average
1
station
$200,737
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
Bucksport Public Safety

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
40 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$5,018 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
40 personnel · 1 station

Bucksport Public Safety is a Volunteer department serving Bucksport, ME (Hancock County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,901 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $200,737.

  • National personnel rank #5,901 of 22,440
  • ME personnel rank #72 of 290
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 39 other listed departments in Hancock County

Bucksport Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 E1570 · Bucksport Public Safety, ME 40 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,901
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany Fire Prote…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $201K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Albany Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Bucksport, ME
FDID
E1570

FEMA Grant History

$201K
Cumulative funding (FY2016)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FP00437 $240,595
- EMW2016FH00268 $-39,858

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Maine average

How Bucksport Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #72 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,901 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 90% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
20
ME departments
497

County roster fringe

Bucksport Public Safety is 5.4% of Hancock County roster mass

The county lists 44 departments totaling 740 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 27% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Albany Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Bar Harbor Ambulance
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Blue Hill Volunteer Fire Department
Blue Hill · volunteer
Brooklin Volunteer Fire Department
Brooklin · volunteer
Castine Volunteer Fire Department
Castine · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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

Albany Fire Protection District, IL 40 Alhambra Fire Protection District, IL 40 Alorton Volunteer Fire Department, IL 40 Alsip Fire Department, IL 40 Barren River Volunteer Fire Department, KY 40 Biardstown Volunteer Fire Department, TX 40 Bourbonnais Fire Protection District, IL 40 Clarksville-Warren Cities Volunteer Fire Department, TX 40

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bucksport Public Safety have?

Bucksport Public Safety has 40 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 90% above the Maine average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,901 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within ME, it ranks #72 of 290 by personnel.

Does Bucksport Public Safety provide EMS services?

Yes, Bucksport Public Safety provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Bucksport Public Safety operate?

Bucksport Public Safety operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Bucksport Public Safety?

Bucksport Public Safety is a Volunteer department serving Hancock County, ME. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Bucksport Public Safety received federal grants?

Yes, Bucksport Public Safety has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $200,737 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Maine?

Maine has 497 fire departments with 10,506 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.