Department profile
VolunteerCornish Fire Department
Cornish, NH · Sullivan County. Cornish Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cornish Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Hampshire average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Cornish Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cornish, NH (Sullivan County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,235 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,235 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #138 of 203
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Sullivan County
Cornish Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 90413 · Cornish Fire Department, NH 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #13,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Virginia Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Virginia Township Fire and Rescue Department, IA (+ 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.
- Cornish (this dept) 25
- High Hagerstown-Jeffer…, IN 25
- Near Virginia Township…, IA 25
- Near Dunmor Volunteer, KY 25
- Near Centertown Commun…, TN 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cornish, NH
- County
- Sullivan County
- FDID
- 90413
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Cornish Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #138 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,235 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
Cornish Fire Department is 7.4% of Sullivan County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 336 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Virginia Township Fire and Rescue Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.