Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Lancaster, NH · Coos County. Lancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +148%
- 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.
Lancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Lancaster, NH (Coos County), with 2 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,444 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,444 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #17 of 203
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Coos County
Lancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 31012 · Lancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, NH 62 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,444
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loveland Symmes
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Loveland Symmes Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Lancaster Fire De… (this dept) 62
- High Central Emergency…, AK 62
- Near Loveland Symmes, OH 62
- Near Mifflin, PA 62
- Near Cicero, NY 62
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lancaster, NH
- County
- Coos County
- FDID
- 31012
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Lancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #17 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,444 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster geometry
Coos County HIFLD mix around Lancaster Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Coos County: 17 departments, 369 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 18% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Loveland Symmes Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.