Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Keene Fire Department - Central Station
Keene, NH · Cheshire County. City of Keene Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 74 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.
- 74
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Keene Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +196%
- 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 Keene Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Keene, NH (Cheshire County), with 2 stations and 74 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,713 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,713 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #10 of 203
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Cheshire County
City of Keene Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
74 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 20990 · City of Keene Fire Department - Central Station, NH 74 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 74
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,713
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint Michaels Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint Michaels Fire Department Incorporated, MD (+ 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 Keene Fir… (this dept) 74
- High Marrero-Ragusa Vo…, LA 74
- Near Saint Michaels Fi…, MD 74
- Near Marshfield Fire D…, MA 74
- Near Marlborough, MA 74
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Keene, NH
- County
- Cheshire County
- FDID
- 20990
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How City of Keene Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #10 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,713 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 Keene Fire Department - Central Station is 9.9% of Cheshire County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 750 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 74 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint Michaels Fire Department Incorporated, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 74 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.