Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station
Contoocook, NH · Merrimack County. Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the New Hampshire average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +48%
- 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.
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.
Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station is a Volunteer department serving Contoocook, NH (Merrimack County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,043 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,043 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #75 of 203
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Merrimack County
Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 61710 · Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station, NH 37 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,043
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hunterdale Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hunterdale Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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 NH department.
- Hopkinton Fire De… (this dept) 37
- High Gilman Rural Volu…, WI 37
- Near Hunterdale Volunt…, VA 37
- Near Garland Volunteer, PA 37
- Near West Knox, KY 37
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Contoocook, NH
- County
- Merrimack County
- FDID
- 61710
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #75 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,043 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Hopkinton Fire Department - Contoocook Station is 4.2% 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.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hunterdale Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.