Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFranklin Fire Department
Franklin, MA · Norfolk County. Franklin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 69 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.
- 69
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Franklin Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +97%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 2
- stations
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.
Franklin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Franklin, MA (Norfolk County), with 2 stations and 69 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,995 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,995 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #53 of 326
- 2.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Norfolk County
Franklin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
69 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 21101 · Franklin Fire Department, MA 69 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 69
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,995
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montebello
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Montebello Fire Department, CA (+ 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 MA department.
- Franklin (this dept) 69
- High Fitchburg, WI 69
- Near Montebello, CA 69
- Near Culver City, CA 69
- Near Shenandoah County…, VA 69
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Franklin, MA
- County
- Norfolk County
- FDID
- 21101
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Franklin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #53 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,995 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Franklin Fire Department is 4.2% of Norfolk County roster mass
The county lists 44 departments totaling 1,632 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 69 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Montebello Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 69 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.