Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Lee Fire Department Central Station

Lee, MA · Berkshire County. Lee Fire Department Central Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 53 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.

53
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lee Fire Department Central Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.

Top 15%
national personnel size
+51%
vs. Massachusetts 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
43/100
Lee Fire Department Central Station

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 C
26.5 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
53 personnel · 2 stations

Lee Fire Department Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Lee, MA (Berkshire County), with 2 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,470 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,470 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #102 of 326
  • 3.77 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 34 other listed departments in Berkshire County

Lee Fire Department Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 03150 · Lee Fire Department Central Station, MA 53 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 53
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Concord Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Concord Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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 MA department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lee, MA
FDID
03150

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Lee Fire Department Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #102 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,470 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 51% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Lee Fire Department Central Station is 6.4% of Berkshire County roster mass

The county lists 40 departments totaling 828 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 53 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Concord Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 53 personnel

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