Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station

Deep River, CT · Middlesex County. Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.

45
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount in line with the Connecticut average.

Top 21%
national personnel size
+13%
vs. Connecticut average
1
station

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
89/100
Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station

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 A
45 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
45 personnel · 1 station

Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station is a Volunteer department serving Deep River, CT (Middlesex County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,791 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,791 of 22,440
  • CT personnel rank #125 of 203
  • 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 16 other listed departments in Middlesex County

Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 07040 · Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station, CT 45 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 45
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,791
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westfield
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Westfield Fire Department, NY (+ 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 CT department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Deep River, CT
FDID
07040

Staffing vs the Connecticut average

How Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #125 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,791 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 13% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
34
CT departments
418

County roster fringe

Deep River Fire Department - Union Street Station is 4.2% of Middlesex County roster mass

The county lists 30 departments totaling 1,060 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Westfield Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel

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