Department profile
VolunteerFryeburg Fire Department
Fryeburg, ME · Oxford County. Fryeburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 59 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Fryeburg Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +181%
- vs. Maine 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.
Fryeburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Fryeburg, ME (Oxford County), with 2 stations and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,764 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,764 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #29 of 290
- 3.39 stations per 100 personnel
- 37 other listed departments in Oxford County
Fryeburg Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 12450 · Fryeburg Fire Department, ME 59 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pierce Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pierce Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Fryeburg (this dept) 59
- High Lagrange, GA 59
- Near Pierce Township, OH 59
- Near Nicktown Fire Com…, PA 59
- Near Slater Chemical F…, NY 59
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fryeburg, ME
- County
- Oxford County
- FDID
- 12450
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Fryeburg Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #29 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,764 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Fryeburg Fire Department is 7.0% of Oxford County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 840 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 12% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.39 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pierce Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.