Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMethuen Fire Department
Methuen, MA · Essex County. Methuen Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 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
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Methuen Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Massachusetts average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +177%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 4
- 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.
Methuen Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Methuen, MA (Essex County), with 4 stations and 97 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,013 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,013 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #31 of 326
- 4.12 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 47 other listed departments in Essex County
Methuen Fire 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 09181 · Methuen Fire Department, MA 97 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 97
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,013
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Potomac Heights V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated, MD (+ 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.
- Methuen (this dept) 97
- High Gainesville Volun…, VA 97
- Near Potomac Heights V…, MD 97
- Near East Point, GA 97
- Near Freehold Borough, NJ 97
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Methuen, MA
- County
- Essex County
- FDID
- 09181
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Methuen Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #31 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,013 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Methuen Fire Department is 4.9% of Essex County roster mass
The county lists 55 departments totaling 1,997 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.12 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 97 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Potomac Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Incorporated, MD (+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.