Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDerry Fire Department Central Station
Derry, NH · Rockingham County. Derry Fire Department Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 84 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.
- 84
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Derry Fire Department Central Station pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +236%
- vs. New Hampshire average
- 4
- stations
- $1,173,635
- 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.
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.
Derry Fire Department Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Derry, NH (Rockingham County), with 4 stations and 84 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,332 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,173,635.
- National personnel rank #1,332 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #6 of 203
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 45 other listed departments in Rockingham County
Derry Fire Department Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
84 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 70814 · Derry Fire Department Central Station, NH 84 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 84
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,332
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Miami Township Di…
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Miami Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+ 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.
- Derry Fire Depart… (this dept) 84
- High Harrison Township, IN 84
- Near Miami Township Di…, OH 84
- Near East Chicago, IN 84
- Near Nassau County Fir…, FL 84
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Derry, NH
- County
- Rockingham County
- FDID
- 70814
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-00545 | $411,604.54 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-10447 | $496,980 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-0529 | $265,050 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Derry Fire Department Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #6 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,332 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Derry Fire Department Central Station is 5.4% of Rockingham County roster mass
The county lists 53 departments totaling 1,569 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 84 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Miami Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 84 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.