Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department

Hooksett, NH · Merrimack County. Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 34 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.

34
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the New Hampshire average.

Top 37%
national personnel size
+36%
vs. New Hampshire average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Hooksett Fire-Rescue 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
17 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
34 personnel · 2 stations

Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hooksett, NH (Merrimack County), with 2 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,376 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,376 of 22,440
  • NH personnel rank #88 of 203
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Merrimack County

Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 61601 · Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department, NH 34 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 34
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,376
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scandia Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Scandia Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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 NH department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Hooksett, NH
FDID
61601

Staffing vs the New Hampshire average

How Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #88 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,376 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 36% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
10
NH departments
293

County roster fringe

Hooksett Fire-Rescue Department is 3.9% of Merrimack County roster mass

The county lists 34 departments totaling 874 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 34 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Scandia Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide career peers near 34 personnel

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