Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Hudson Fire Department

Hudson, MA · Middlesex County. Hudson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 51 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.

51
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hudson Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Massachusetts average.

Top 17%
national personnel size
+46%
vs. Massachusetts average
3
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
20/100
Hudson Fire 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 F
0.7 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
51 personnel · 3 stations

Hudson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hudson, MA (Middlesex County), with 3 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,718 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,718 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #109 of 326
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County

Hudson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 17141 · Hudson Fire Department, MA 51 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 51
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,718
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kelseyville Fire…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Kelseyville Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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 MA department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Hudson, MA
FDID
17141

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Hudson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #109 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,718 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 46% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Hudson Fire Department is 1.4% 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.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 51 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Kelseyville Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide career peers near 51 personnel

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