Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Lee Fire and Rescue Department

Lee, NH · Strafford County. Lee Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.

40
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lee Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the New Hampshire average.

Top 27%
national personnel size
+60%
vs. New Hampshire average
1
station

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
83/100
Lee Fire and Rescue 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 A
40 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
40 personnel · 1 station

Lee Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Lee, NH (Strafford County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,122 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,122 of 22,440
  • NH personnel rank #61 of 203
  • 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 16 other listed departments in Strafford County

Lee Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 80530 · Lee Fire and Rescue Department, NH 40 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,122
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Warfield Fire and…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Warfield Fire and Rescue, KY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lee, NH
FDID
80530

Staffing vs the New Hampshire average

How Lee Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #61 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,122 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 60% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
10
NH departments
293

County roster fringe

Lee Fire and Rescue Department is 6.7% of Strafford County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 596 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Warfield Fire and Rescue, KY (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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