Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Newbury Fire and Rescue Department

Newbury, NH · Merrimack County. Newbury Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 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.

35
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Newbury Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the New Hampshire average.

Top 36%
national personnel size
+40%
vs. New Hampshire average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
30/100
Newbury Fire and Rescue 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
17.5 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
35 personnel · 2 stations

Newbury Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Newbury, NH (Merrimack County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,988 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,988 of 22,440
  • NH personnel rank #83 of 203
  • 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Merrimack County

Newbury Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 62040 · Newbury Fire and Rescue Department, NH 35 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,988
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Port Clinton
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Port Clinton Fire Department, OH (+ 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 NH department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Newbury, NH
FDID
62040

Staffing vs the New Hampshire average

How Newbury Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #83 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,988 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 40% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
10
NH departments
293

County roster fringe

Newbury Fire and Rescue Department is 4.0% of Merrimack County roster mass

The county lists 34 departments totaling 874 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Port Clinton Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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