Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHolliston Fire Department - Central Station
Holliston, MA · Middlesex County. Holliston Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 66 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.
- 66
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Holliston Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +89%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 5
- 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.
Holliston Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Holliston, MA (Middlesex County), with 5 stations and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,141 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,141 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #57 of 326
- 7.58 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Holliston Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
66 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 17136 · Holliston Fire Department - Central Station, MA 66 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 66
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,141
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grand Forks
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Grand Forks Fire Department, ND (+ 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.
- Holliston Fire De… (this dept) 66
- High Callao Volunteer, VA 66
- Near Grand Forks, ND 66
- Near Bright Volunteer…, IN 66
- Near Hughsonville, NY 66
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Holliston, MA
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 17136
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Holliston Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #57 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,141 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Holliston Fire Department - Central Station is 1.8% of Middlesex County roster mass
The county lists 95 departments totaling 3,724 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 99% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.58 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 66 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Grand Forks Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 66 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.