Department profile
VolunteerCharleston Volunteer Fire Department
Charleston, ME · Penobscot County. Charleston Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Charleston Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Maine average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -29%
- vs. Maine 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.
Charleston Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Charleston, ME (Penobscot County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,050 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,050 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #260 of 290
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 45 other listed departments in Penobscot County
Charleston Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 J1760 · Charleston Volunteer Fire Department, ME 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #20,050
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alta Vista City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alta Vista City 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 ME department.
- Charleston Volunt… (this dept) 15
- High Atwood, KS 15
- Near Alta Vista City, KS 15
- Near Argonia, KS 15
- Near Arrowhead Ranch E…, TX 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Charleston, ME
- County
- Penobscot County
- FDID
- J1760
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Charleston Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #260 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,050 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Charleston Volunteer Fire Department is 1.4% of Penobscot County roster mass
The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,043 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alta Vista City Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.