Department profile

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City of Franklin Fire Department

Franklin, NH · Merrimack County. City of Franklin Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 46 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.

46
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Franklin Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the New Hampshire average.

Top 20%
national personnel size
+84%
vs. New Hampshire average
$243,446
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
19/100
City of Franklin 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 F
$5,292 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
46 personnel

City of Franklin Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Franklin, NH (Merrimack County) and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,571 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $243,446.

  • National personnel rank #4,571 of 22,440
  • NH personnel rank #42 of 203
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Merrimack County

City of Franklin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

46 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 61311 · City of Franklin Fire Department, NH 46 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 46
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ravenden Springs…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $243K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ravenden Springs Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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 NH department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Franklin, NH
FDID
61311

FEMA Grant History

$243K
Cumulative funding (FY2020)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-16837 $243,446.19

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

Staffing vs the New Hampshire average

How City of Franklin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #42 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,571 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 84% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
10
NH departments
293

County roster fringe

City of Franklin Fire Department is 5.3% of Merrimack County roster mass

The county lists 34 departments totaling 874 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Ravenden Springs Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel

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

Ravenden Springs Volunteer Fire Department, AR 46 North Central Scott County Volunteer Fire Department - Midway Station, MS 46 Carroll Township Emergency Medical and Fire Services, OH 46 West Pulaski Fire Department, AR 46 East Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA 46 Gretna Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE 46 United States Steel Midwest Division Fire Department, IN 46 Elkhorn Area Fire Department, WI 46

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Franklin Fire Department have?

City of Franklin Fire Department has 46 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 84% above the New Hampshire average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,571 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NH, it ranks #42 of 203 by personnel.

Does City of Franklin Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does City of Franklin Fire Department operate?

Station count data for City of Franklin Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is City of Franklin Fire Department?

City of Franklin Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Merrimack County, NH. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has City of Franklin Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Franklin Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $243,446.19 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire has 293 fire departments with 7,470 total personnel. 63% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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