Department profile
VolunteerJay Volunteer Fire Department
Jay, ME · Franklin County. Jay Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Jay Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +119%
- vs. Maine 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.
Jay Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Jay, ME (Franklin County), with 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,610 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,610 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #52 of 290
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Franklin County
Jay Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 D2860 · Jay Volunteer Fire Department, ME 46 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #4,610
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anderson County F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anderson County Fire Protection - Wren, SC (+ 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 ME department.
- Jay Volunteer (this dept) 46
- High Berkeley, IL 46
- Near Anderson County F…, SC 46
- Near Appleby Volunteer…, TX 46
- Near Bay City Volunteer, TX 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Jay, ME
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- D2860
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Jay Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #52 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,610 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster geometry
Franklin County HIFLD mix around Jay Volunteer Fire Department
Franklin County: 18 departments, 258 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 28% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anderson County Fire Protection - Wren, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.