Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorth Kingstown Fire Department
North Kingstown, RI · Washington County. North Kingstown Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Kingstown Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Rhode Island average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +97%
- vs. Rhode Island average
- 3
- 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.
North Kingstown Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving North Kingstown, RI (Washington County), with 3 stations and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,686 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,686 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #13 of 66
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Washington County
North Kingstown Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 02301 · North Kingstown Fire Department, RI 75 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,686
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lyndhurst Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lyndhurst Volunteer Fire Department, NJ (+ 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 RI department.
- North Kingstown (this dept) 75
- High Carlstadt, NJ 75
- Near Lyndhurst Volunte…, NJ 75
- Near Bethel Park Volun…, PA 75
- Near Back Creek Valley…, WV 75
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- North Kingstown, RI
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 02301
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How North Kingstown Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #13 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,686 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster fringe
North Kingstown Fire Department is 9.8% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 764 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 26% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lyndhurst Volunteer Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.