Department profile
VolunteerNew Hartford Fire Department
New Hartford, CT · Litchfield County. New Hartford Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
New Hartford Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Connecticut average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +15%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 2
- stations
- $13,260,986
- 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.
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.
New Hartford Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving New Hartford, CT (Litchfield County), with 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,639 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $13,260,986.
- National personnel rank #4,639 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #121 of 203
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- 42 other listed departments in Litchfield County
New Hartford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 01130 · New Hartford Fire Department, CT 46 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,639
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Midway
- FEMA-HEAVY $13.3M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Midway Fire Department, NY (+ 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 CT department.
- New Hartford (this dept) 46
- High Catfish District-…, NC 46
- Near Midway, NY 46
- Near Berne, IN 46
- Near West Valley Fire…, OR 46
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Hartford, CT
- County
- Litchfield County
- FDID
- 01130
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-17667 | $204,545.45 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-02293 | $180,267 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FH00520 | $10,861,317.02 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO06159 | $903,094 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO03375 | $944,081 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FP00799 | $167,682 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How New Hartford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #121 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,639 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
New Hartford Fire Department is 2.7% of Litchfield County roster mass
The county lists 48 departments totaling 1,685 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Midway Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.