Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderChelmsford Fire Department
Chelmsford, MA · Middlesex County. Chelmsford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 59 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.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chelmsford Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +69%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 5
- stations
- $213,491
- 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.
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.
Chelmsford Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Chelmsford, MA (Middlesex County), with 5 stations and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,753 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $213,491.
- National personnel rank #2,753 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #68 of 326
- 8.47 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Chelmsford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 17056 · Chelmsford Fire Department, MA 59 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,753
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alexandria Fire D…
- FEMA-LIGHT $213K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alexandria Fire District, KY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Chelmsford (this dept) 59
- High Pierce Township, OH 59
- Near Alexandria Fire D…, KY 59
- Near Lagrange, GA 59
- Near Slater Chemical F…, NY 59
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Chelmsford, MA
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 17056
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-00231 | $213,491 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Chelmsford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #68 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,753 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Chelmsford Fire Department is 1.6% of Middlesex County roster mass
The county lists 95 departments totaling 3,724 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 99% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.47 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alexandria Fire District, KY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.