Department profile
VolunteerNichols Fire Department
Trumbull, CT · Fairfield County. Nichols Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 65 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Nichols Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Connecticut average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +63%
- vs. Connecticut 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.
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.
Nichols Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Trumbull, CT (Fairfield County), with 2 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,240 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,240 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #72 of 203
- 3.08 stations per 100 personnel
- 47 other listed departments in Fairfield County
Nichols Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 05202 · Nichols Fire Department, CT 65 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #2,240
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hinsdale Maplehur…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hinsdale Maplehurst and Pleasant Valley Volunteer 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.
- Nichols (this dept) 65
- High Kinston Fire and…, NC 65
- Near Hinsdale Maplehur…, NY 65
- Near Greensboro Volunt…, MD 65
- Near Conewango, NY 65
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Trumbull, CT
- County
- Fairfield County
- FDID
- 05202
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Nichols Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #72 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,240 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
Nichols Fire Department is 2.2% of Fairfield County roster mass
The county lists 82 departments totaling 2,960 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hinsdale Maplehurst and Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.