Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Gilsum, NH · Cheshire County. Gilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the New Hampshire average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- -28%
- vs. New Hampshire average
- 1
- station
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.
Gilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Gilsum, NH (Cheshire County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,508 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,508 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #179 of 203
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Cheshire County
Gilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 20590 · Gilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NH 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,508
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nitro
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nitro 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 NH department.
- Gilsum Volunteer… (this dept) 18
- High West Siloam Sprin…, OK 18
- Near Nitro, WV 18
- Near Dutchman Creek Vo…, SC 18
- Near Kansas Volunteer, OK 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gilsum, NH
- County
- Cheshire County
- FDID
- 20590
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Gilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #179 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,508 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Gilsum Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad is 2.4% of Cheshire County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 750 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nitro Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.