Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFreetown Fire and Rescue
East Freetown, MA · Bristol County. Freetown Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Freetown Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 45%
- national personnel size
- -14%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 3
- stations
- $438,945
- 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.
Freetown Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving East Freetown, MA (Bristol County), with 3 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,161 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $438,945.
- National personnel rank #10,161 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #233 of 326
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Bristol County
Freetown Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 05102 · Freetown Fire and Rescue, MA 30 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,161
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Follansbee Volunt…
- FEMA-LIGHT $439K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Follansbee Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Freetown Fire and… (this dept) 30
- High Brogden Volunteer, NC 30
- Near Follansbee Volunt…, WV 30
- Near Franklin Communit…, WV 30
- Near Maple Grove Towns…, MI 30
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- East Freetown, MA
- County
- Bristol County
- FDID
- 05102
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00313 | $258,445 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FV00231 | $180,500 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Freetown Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #233 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,161 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Freetown Fire and Rescue is 1.8% of Bristol County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 1,637 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Follansbee Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.