Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEighth Utilities District
Manchester, CT · Hartford County. Eighth Utilities District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 100 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.
- 100
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Eighth Utilities District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Connecticut average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +150%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 4
- stations
- $280,000
- 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.
Eighth Utilities District is a Volunteer department serving Manchester, CT (Hartford County), with 4 stations and 100 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #935 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $280,000.
- National personnel rank #935 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #27 of 203
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 41 other listed departments in Hartford County
Eighth Utilities District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
100 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 02160 · Eighth Utilities District, CT 100 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 100
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #935
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oakdale Hose Comp…
- FEMA-LIGHT $280K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oakdale Hose Company, PA (+ 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.
- Eighth Utilities… (this dept) 100
- High Parks Township Vo…, PA 100
- Near Oakdale Hose Comp…, PA 100
- Near Bennington, VT 100
- Near Lodi Boro, NJ 100
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Manchester, CT
- County
- Hartford County
- FDID
- 02160
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | EMW2014FO01207 | $280,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Eighth Utilities District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #27 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #935 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
Eighth Utilities District is 3.1% of Hartford County roster mass
The county lists 74 departments totaling 3,255 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 100 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oakdale Hose Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 100 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.