Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGorham Fire Rescue - Central Station
Gorham, ME · Cumberland County. Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 146 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.
- 146
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +595%
- vs. Maine average
- 6
- 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.
Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Gorham, ME (Cumberland County), with 6 stations and 146 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #437 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #437 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #4 of 290
- 4.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 46 other listed departments in Cumberland County
Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
146 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 C2500 · Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station, ME 146 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 146
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #437
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westminster
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westminster Fire Department, CO (+ 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.
- Gorham Fire Rescu… (this dept) 146
- High Southern Stone Co…, MO 146
- Near Westminster, CO 146
- Near Coral Gables, FL 146
- Near Pennsauken, NJ 146
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gorham, ME
- County
- Cumberland County
- FDID
- C2500
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #4 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #437 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Gorham Fire Rescue - Central Station is 7.7% of Cumberland County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 1,886 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 58% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 146 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Westminster Fire Department, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 146 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.