Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station
Dover, NH · Strafford County. City of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 57 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.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +128%
- vs. New Hampshire average
- 2
- stations
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.
City of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Dover, NH (Strafford County), with 2 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,884 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,884 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #25 of 203
- 3.51 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Strafford County
City of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 80230 · City of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station, NH 57 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,884
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tallmadge
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tallmadge Fire Department, OH (+ 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 NH department.
- City of Dover Fir… (this dept) 57
- High Brunswick Naval A…, ME 57
- Near Tallmadge, OH 57
- Near Brentwood, TN 57
- Near White Bear Lake, MN 57
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Dover, NH
- County
- Strafford County
- FDID
- 80230
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How City of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #25 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,884 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
City of Dover Fire and Rescue - Central Station is 9.6% of Strafford County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 596 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.51 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tallmadge Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.