Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderHamden Volunteer Fire Company
Hamden, CT · New Haven County. Hamden Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hamden Volunteer Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Connecticut average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- -12%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 1
- station
- $567,484
- 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.
Hamden Volunteer Fire Company is a fire department serving Hamden, CT (New Haven County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,818 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $567,484.
- National personnel rank #7,818 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #162 of 203
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 34 other listed departments in New Haven County
Hamden Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 CT-HAMDEN-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-COMPANY-CT · Hamden Volunteer Fire Company, CT 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,818
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Adell-Whitt Volun…
- FEMA-MID $567K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CT department.
- Hamden Volunteer… (this dept) 35
- High Bismarck Fire Pro…, IL 35
- Near Adell-Whitt Volun…, TX 35
- Near Atlanta Texas Fir…, TX 35
- Near Bethalto, IL 35
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Hamden, CT
- County
- New Haven County
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-09719 | $350,164 |
| 2011 | EMW2011FO01154 | $217,320 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Hamden Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #162 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,818 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
Hamden Volunteer Fire Company is 1.0% of New Haven County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 3,458 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.