Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Merrimack Fire Department

Merrimack, NH · Hillsborough County. Merrimack Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 80 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.

80
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Merrimack Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.

Top 7%
national personnel size
+220%
vs. New Hampshire average
4
stations
$2,842,853
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
58/100
Merrimack Fire 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 D
20 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 A
$35,536 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
80 personnel · 4 stations

Merrimack Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Merrimack, NH (Hillsborough County), with 4 stations and 80 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,493 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,842,853.

  • National personnel rank #1,493 of 22,440
  • NH personnel rank #8 of 203
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 32 other listed departments in Hillsborough County

Merrimack Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

80 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 51980 · Merrimack Fire Department, NH 80 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 80
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,493
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Holtsville
  • FEMA-MID $2.8M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Holtsville Fire Department, NY (+ 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 NH department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Merrimack, NH
FDID
51980

FEMA Grant History

$2.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2016–2020)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FF-00046 $2,559,254.16
2016 EMW2015FO06413 $283,599

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New Hampshire average

How Merrimack Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #8 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,493 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 220% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
10
NH departments
293

County roster fringe

Merrimack Fire Department is 5.9% of Hillsborough County roster mass

The county lists 38 departments totaling 1,366 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 97% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 80 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Holtsville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Amherst Fire Department
Amherst · volunteer
Antrim Fire Department
Antrim · volunteer
Bedford Fire Department
Bedford · career
Bennington Fire and Rescue
Bennington · volunteer
Brookline Fire Department
Brookline · volunteer
All NH departments →

Nationwide career peers near 80 personnel

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

Holtsville Fire Department, NY 80 Wading River Fire Department, NY 80 Goodyear Hose Company, PA 80 Lorain Fire Department - Central Station, OH 80 City of Sheboygan Fire Department, WI 80 Apple Valley Fire Protection District, CA 80 Fairborn Fire Departmentand Emergency Medical Services, OH 80 Millington Fire Department, TN 80

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Merrimack Fire Department have?

Merrimack Fire Department has 80 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 220% above the New Hampshire average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,493 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NH, it ranks #8 of 203 by personnel.

Does Merrimack Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Merrimack Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Merrimack Fire Department operate?

Merrimack Fire Department operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Merrimack Fire Department?

Merrimack Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hillsborough County, NH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Merrimack Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Merrimack Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $2,842,853.16 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire has 293 fire departments with 7,470 total personnel. 63% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.