Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMassport Fire and Rescue Department
Boston, MA · Suffolk County. Massport Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 97 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.
- 97
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Massport Fire and Rescue Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Massachusetts average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +177%
- 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.
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.
Massport Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Boston, MA (Suffolk County), with 2 stations and 97 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,012 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,012 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #30 of 326
- 2.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Suffolk County
Massport Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
97 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 25935 · Massport Fire and Rescue Department, MA 97 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 97
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,012
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Terrytown 5th Dis…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Terrytown 5th District Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Massport Fire and… (this dept) 97
- High Springfield Towns…, OH 97
- Near Terrytown 5th Dis…, LA 97
- Near Swarthmore Fire a…, PA 97
- Near Marin County Fire…, CA 97
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Boston, MA
- County
- Suffolk County
- FDID
- 25935
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Massport Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #30 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,012 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
Massport Fire and Rescue Department is 4.9% of Suffolk County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 1,999 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 97 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Terrytown 5th District Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 97 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.