Department profile

Career (Paid)

New Britain Fire Department

New Britain, CT · Hartford County. New Britain Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 141 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

141
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

New Britain Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Connecticut average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+253%
vs. Connecticut average
6
stations
$4,086,100
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
50/100
New Britain 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 C
23.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
141 personnel · 6 stations

New Britain Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving New Britain, CT (Hartford County), with 6 stations and 141 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #473 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,086,100.

  • National personnel rank #473 of 22,440
  • CT personnel rank #15 of 203
  • 4.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • 41 other listed departments in Hartford County

New Britain Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

141 Top 2% higher than 98% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 02180 · New Britain Fire Department, CT 141 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 141
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #473
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gastonia City
  • FEMA-MID $4.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Gastonia City Fire Department, NC (+ 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 CT department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
New Britain, CT
FDID
02180

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2013–2023)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-08374 $475,056.19
2022 EMW-2022-FG-09322 $661,915.9
2021 EMW-2021-FG-04066 $710,156.36
2020 EMW-2020-FG-14339 $309,371.64
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00250 $0
2013 EMW2012FV03942 $1,929,600

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

Staffing vs the Connecticut average

How New Britain Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #15 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #473 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 253% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
34
CT departments
418

County roster fringe

New Britain Fire Department is 4.3% of Hartford County roster mass

The county lists 74 departments totaling 3,255 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 141 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Gastonia City Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Avon Volunteer Fire Department
Avon · volunteer
Berlin Fire Department
Berlin · volunteer
Blue Hills Fire Department
Bloomfield · volunteer
Bradley Field Fire Department
Windsor Locks · career
Bradley Fire Department
Windsor Locks · other
Broad Brook Volunteer Fire Department
Broad Brook · volunteer
Burlington Volunteer Fire Department
Burlington · volunteer
All CT departments →

Nationwide career peers near 141 personnel

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

Gastonia City Fire Department, NC 141 Los Alamos Fire Department, NM 141 Sellersburg Volunteer Fire Department, IN 142 Pueblo Fire Department, CO 140 Cedar Rapids Fire Department - Central Station, IA 142 Saipan International Airport- Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, MP 140 Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department, VA 140 Binghamton Fire Department, NY 143

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does New Britain Fire Department have?

New Britain Fire Department has 141 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 253% above the Connecticut average of 40 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #473 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CT, it ranks #15 of 203 by personnel.

Does New Britain Fire Department provide EMS services?

New Britain Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does New Britain Fire Department operate?

New Britain Fire Department operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is New Britain Fire Department?

New Britain Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hartford County, CT. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has New Britain Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, New Britain Fire Department has received 6 FEMA grants totaling $4,086,100.09 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2013–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Connecticut?

Connecticut has 418 fire departments with 16,581 total personnel. 48% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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