Department profile
VolunteerEllsworth Fire Department
Ellsworth, ME · Hancock County. Ellsworth Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Ellsworth Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Maine average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +81%
- vs. Maine average
- 1
- station
- $2,696,907
- 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.
Ellsworth Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ellsworth, ME (Hancock County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,730 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,696,907.
- National personnel rank #6,730 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #79 of 290
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 39 other listed departments in Hancock County
Ellsworth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 E0110 · Ellsworth Fire Department, ME 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #6,730
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alabama-Coushatta…
- FEMA-MID $2.7M
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alabama-Coushatta Indian Nation Fire Department, TX (+ 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 ME department.
- Ellsworth (this dept) 38
- High City of Orange, TX 38
- Near Alabama-Coushatta…, TX 38
- Near Argyle Volunteer…, TX 38
- Near Christy Fire Prot…, IL 38
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ellsworth, ME
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- E0110
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-00764 | $1,239,537.5 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FH-0048 | $1,457,369 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Ellsworth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #79 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,730 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Ellsworth Fire Department is 5.1% of Hancock County roster mass
The county lists 44 departments totaling 740 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 27% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alabama-Coushatta Indian Nation Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.