Department profile
VolunteerLimestone Fire Department
Limestone, ME · Aroostook County. Limestone Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Limestone Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Maine average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- +33%
- vs. Maine average
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.
Limestone Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Limestone, ME (Aroostook County) and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,594 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,594 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #153 of 290
- 27 other listed departments in Aroostook County
Limestone Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 B3050 · Limestone Fire Department, ME 28 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,594
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 182nd Air Wing Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+ 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.
- Limestone (this dept) 28
- High Anahuac Volunteer, TX 28
- Near 182nd Air Wing Fi…, IL 28
- Near Aledo Volunteer, TX 28
- Near Altamont-Mount Pl…, KS 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Limestone, ME
- County
- Aroostook County
- FDID
- B3050
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Limestone Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #153 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,594 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Limestone Fire Department is 4.7% of Aroostook County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 592 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 7% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.