Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderKingston Fire Department
Kingston, MA · Plymouth County. Kingston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Kingston Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- -9%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 2
- stations
- $217,120
- 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.
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.
Kingston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Kingston, MA (Plymouth County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,149 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $217,120.
- National personnel rank #9,149 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #217 of 326
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Plymouth County
Kingston Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 23145 · Kingston Fire Department, MA 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,149
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Redwood Valley Ca…
- FEMA-LIGHT $217K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Redwood Valley Calpella Fire 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.
- Kingston (this dept) 32
- High Travelers Rest, SC 32
- Near Redwood Valley Ca…, CA 32
- Near Amanda Township, OH 32
- Near Mauldin, SC 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Kingston, MA
- County
- Plymouth County
- FDID
- 23145
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO03792 | $217,120 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Kingston Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #217 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,149 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Kingston Fire Department is 2.2% 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.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Redwood Valley Calpella Fire District, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.