Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Monterey Fire Department

Monterey, MA · Berkshire County. Monterey Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.

15
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Monterey Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Massachusetts average.

9th pct.
national personnel size
-57%
vs. Massachusetts average
1
station

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Monterey 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
15 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 1 station

Monterey Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Monterey, MA (Berkshire County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,335 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,335 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #314 of 326
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 34 other listed departments in Berkshire County

Monterey Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 03193 · Monterey Fire Department, MA 15 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #20,335
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Juliustown Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Juliustown Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+ 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 MA department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Monterey, MA
FDID
03193

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Monterey Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #314 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,335 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 57% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Monterey Fire Department is 1.8% of Berkshire County roster mass

The county lists 40 departments totaling 828 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Juliustown Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

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