Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorfolk Fire Department
Norfolk, MA · Norfolk County. Norfolk Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Norfolk Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Massachusetts average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- -40%
- 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.
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.
Norfolk Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Norfolk, MA (Norfolk County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,423 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,423 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #290 of 326
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Norfolk County
Norfolk Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 21208 · Norfolk Fire Department, MA 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,423
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Lynches
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Lynches Fire Department, SC (+ 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 MA department.
- Norfolk (this dept) 21
- High Muir Beach Volunt…, CA 21
- Near South Lynches, SC 21
- Near West Florence Rur…, SC 21
- Near Alvin Volunteer F…, WI 21
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Norfolk, MA
- County
- Norfolk County
- FDID
- 21208
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Norfolk Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #290 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,423 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Norfolk Fire Department is 1.3% of Norfolk County roster mass
The county lists 44 departments totaling 1,632 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Lynches Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.