Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated
North Smithfield, RI · Providence County. North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Rhode Island average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- -8%
- vs. Rhode Island 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.
North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving North Smithfield, RI (Providence County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,002 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,002 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #36 of 66
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in Providence County
North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated 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 02502 · North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated, RI 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,002
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plattsburg Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Plattsburg Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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 RI department.
- North Smithfield… (this dept) 35
- High North Bennington, VT 35
- Near Plattsburg Fire P…, MO 35
- Near Isle of Hope Volu…, GA 35
- Near Havelock Fire and…, NC 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Smithfield, RI
- County
- Providence County
- FDID
- 02502
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #36 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,002 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster fringe
North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Service Incorporated is 1.5% of Providence County roster mass
The county lists 46 departments totaling 2,266 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Plattsburg Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.