Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMiddleboro Fire Department
Middleboro, MA · Plymouth County. Middleboro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 61 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.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Middleboro Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +74%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 3
- 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.
Middleboro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Middleboro, MA (Plymouth County), with 3 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,513 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,513 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #65 of 326
- 4.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Plymouth County
Middleboro Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 23182 · Middleboro Fire Department, MA 61 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,513
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Village of Swanton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Village of Swanton Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Middleboro (this dept) 61
- High Egypt Fire Depart…, NY 61
- Near Village of Swanton, OH 61
- Near Ward 5 Fire Prote…, LA 61
- Near Catskill Fire Com…, NY 61
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Middleboro, MA
- County
- Plymouth County
- FDID
- 23182
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Middleboro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #65 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,513 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Middleboro Fire Department is 4.2% of Plymouth County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,438 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Village of Swanton Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.