Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services

Hull, MA · Plymouth County. Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department, 3 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
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.

Top 37%
national personnel size
-3%
vs. Massachusetts average
3
stations
$1,486,362
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services

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 F
11.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$43,717 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
34 personnel · 3 stations

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Hull, MA (Plymouth County), with 3 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,378 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,486,362.

  • National personnel rank #8,378 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #205 of 326
  • 8.82 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Plymouth County

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services 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 23142 · Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services, MA 34 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 34
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,378
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monticello
  • FEMA-MID $1.5M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Monticello Fire Department, WI (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Hull, MA
FDID
23142

FEMA Grant History

$1.5M
Cumulative funding (FY2013–2016)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FR00189 $848,182
2013 EMW2012FH00761 $638,180

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

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #205 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,378 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 3% below the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services is 2.4% of Plymouth County roster mass

The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,438 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 34 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Monticello Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

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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 MA department.

Monticello Fire Department, WI 34 DE Witt Volunteer Fire Department, IA 34 Troy Fire Department, NH 34 Bellwood Volunteer Fire Department, NE 34 American Canyon Fire Protection District, CA 34 City of Murray Fire, KY 34 City of Highland Heights Fire Department, OH 34 Grass Valley Fire Department, CA 34

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services have?

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services has 34 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 3% below the Massachusetts average of 35 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #8,378 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MA, it ranks #205 of 326 by personnel.

Does Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services provide EMS services?

Yes, Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services operate?

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services?

Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Plymouth County, MA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services received federal grants?

Yes, Hull Fire Rescue and Emergency Services has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,486,362 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2013–2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts has 568 fire departments with 19,841 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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