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Chatham Fire Department

South Chatham, MA · Barnstable County. Chatham Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Chatham Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Chatham Fire Department is a fire department serving South Chatham, MA (Barnstable County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $880,026.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Barnstable County

Dispatch plate

Sheet MA-CHATHAM-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-MA · Chatham Fire Department, MA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $880K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
South Chatham, MA

FEMA Grant History

$880K
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2016)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FV00870 $476,191
2015 EMW2014FO01843 $200,892
2014 EMW2013FO03213 $202,943

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

County roster geometry

Barnstable County HIFLD mix around Chatham Fire Department

Barnstable County: 30 departments, 774 personnel (5 volunteer / 13 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Bourne Fire
Bourne · other
Bourne Fire Department
Bourne · other
Brewster Fire Department
Brewster · volunteer
Chatham Fire Department
Chatham · career
Cotuit Fire Department
Cotuit · career
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Chatham Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Chatham Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Chatham Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Chatham Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Chatham Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Chatham Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Chatham Fire Department?

Chatham Fire Department is a fire department serving Barnstable County, MA.

Has Chatham Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Chatham Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $880,026 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2016 (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 Massachusetts?

Massachusetts has 568 fire departments with 19,841 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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