Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEssex Fire Department
Essex, MA · Essex County. Essex Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 48 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.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Essex Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +37%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 1
- station
- $204,000
- 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.
Essex Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Essex, MA (Essex County), with 1 station and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,265 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $204,000.
- National personnel rank #4,265 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #123 of 326
- 2.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 47 other listed departments in Essex County
Essex Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 09092 · Essex Fire Department, MA 48 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,265
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Henderson
- FEMA-LIGHT $204K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Henderson Fire Department, NC (+ 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 MA department.
- Essex (this dept) 48
- High Cottleville Commu…, MO 48
- Near Henderson, NC 48
- Near Lake Valley Fire…, CA 48
- Near Van Vleet Volunte…, MS 48
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Essex, MA
- County
- Essex County
- FDID
- 09092
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-10579 | $204,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Essex Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #123 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,265 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Essex Fire Department is 2.4% of Essex County roster mass
The county lists 55 departments totaling 1,997 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Henderson Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.