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Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station

Hiram, ME · Oxford County. Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

41
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Maine average.

Top 25%
national personnel size
+95%
vs. Maine average
2
stations
$465,174
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
43/100
Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station

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 C
20.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment C
$11,346 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
41 personnel · 2 stations

Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station is a Volunteer department serving Hiram, ME (Oxford County), with 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,711 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $465,174.

  • National personnel rank #5,711 of 22,440
  • ME personnel rank #69 of 290
  • 4.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • 37 other listed departments in Oxford County

Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 I2735 · Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station, ME 41 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 41
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #5,711
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blue Ridge Paper…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $465K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Blue Ridge Paper Products Emergency Response, NC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Hiram, ME
FDID
I2735

FEMA Grant History

$465K
Cumulative funding (FY2023)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-04806 $465,174.17

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Maine average

How Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #69 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,711 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 95% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
20
ME departments
497

County roster fringe

Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station is 4.9% 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.

4.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 41 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Blue Ridge Paper Products Emergency Response, NC (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel

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

Blue Ridge Paper Products Emergency Response, NC 41 Byron Fire Department and Ambulance, IL 41 Columbus Volunteer Fire Department, TX 41 Derby Fire and Rescue Department, KS 41 Eagle Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, TX 41 Galena Air Station Fire Department-Dod, AK 41 Gonzales Fire Department, TX 41 Hampshire Fire Protection District, IL 41

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station have?

Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station has 41 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 95% above the Maine average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,711 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within ME, it ranks #69 of 290 by personnel.

Does Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station operate?

Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station?

Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station is a Volunteer department serving Oxford County, ME. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station received federal grants?

Yes, Hiram Volunteer Fire Department - South Hiram Station has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $465,174.17 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Maine?

Maine has 497 fire departments with 10,506 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.