Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Goshen Fire Department

Goshen, MA · Hampshire County. Goshen Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Goshen Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Massachusetts average.

24th pct.
national personnel size
-43%
vs. Massachusetts 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
44/100
Goshen Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness C
2 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Goshen Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Goshen, MA (Hampshire County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,084 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,084 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #296 of 326
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Hampshire County

Goshen Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 15108 · Goshen Fire Department, MA 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,084
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gonvick
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Gonvick Fire Department, MN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Goshen, MA
FDID
15108

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Goshen Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #296 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,084 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 43% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Goshen Fire Department is 3.0% of Hampshire County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 676 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Gonvick Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.