Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service

Charlemont, MA · Franklin County. Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Massachusetts average.

31st pct.
national personnel size
-37%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
36/100
Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service

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 C
22 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel · 1 station

Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Charlemont, MA (Franklin County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,504 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,504 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #284 of 326
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 29 other listed departments in Franklin County

Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 11053 · Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service, MA 22 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,504
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Caldwell Parish F…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Caldwell Parish Fire Board - Hebert Station, LA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Charlemont, MA
FDID
11053

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #284 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,504 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 37% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Charlemont Fire Department and Ambulance Service is 3.4% of Franklin County roster mass

The county lists 35 departments totaling 655 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Caldwell Parish Fire Board - Hebert Station, LA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel

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