Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Nashua Fire and Rescue

Nashua, NH · Hillsborough County. City of Nashua Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 185 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.

185
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Nashua Fire and Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+640%
vs. New Hampshire average
6
stations
$1,422,283
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
52/100
City of Nashua Fire and Rescue

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 B
30.8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment D
$7,688 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
185 personnel · 6 stations

City of Nashua Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Nashua, NH (Hillsborough County), with 6 stations and 185 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #264 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,422,283.

  • National personnel rank #264 of 22,440
  • NH personnel rank #2 of 203
  • 3.24 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 32 other listed departments in Hillsborough County

City of Nashua Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

185 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 52280 · City of Nashua Fire and Rescue, NH 185 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 185
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #264
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hammond
  • FEMA-MID $1.4M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hammond Fire Department, IN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Nashua, NH
FDID
52280

FEMA Grant History

$1.4M
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2017)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW-2017-FV-00119 $590,910
2014 EMW2013FR00067 $449,055
2014 EMW2013FO01280 $382,318

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

Staffing vs the New Hampshire average

How City of Nashua Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #2 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #264 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 640% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
10
NH departments
293

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Hillsborough County

County mix is mostly volunteer (20 volunteer / 6 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

3.24 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 185 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hammond Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Amherst Fire Department
Amherst · volunteer
Antrim Fire Department
Antrim · volunteer
Bedford Fire Department
Bedford · career
Bennington Fire and Rescue
Bennington · volunteer
Brookline Fire Department
Brookline · volunteer
All NH departments →

Nationwide career peers near 185 personnel

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

Hammond Fire Department, IN 185 Bossier City Fire Department, LA 185 City of Waco Fire Department, TX 185 Clarksville Fire Rescue, TN 184 Reading Fire and Rescue Rainbow - Junior Fire Company, PA 184 City of Everett Fire Department - Adminstration Office, WA 184 Casper Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, WY 183 City of Vancouver Fire Department, WA 183

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Nashua Fire and Rescue have?

City of Nashua Fire and Rescue has 185 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 640% above the New Hampshire average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #264 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NH, it ranks #2 of 203 by personnel.

Does City of Nashua Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Nashua Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Nashua Fire and Rescue operate?

City of Nashua Fire and Rescue operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Nashua Fire and Rescue?

City of Nashua Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Hillsborough County, NH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Nashua Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, City of Nashua Fire and Rescue has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,422,283 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

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.