Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorthwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station
Northwood, NH · Rockingham County. Northwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Northwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the New Hampshire average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +52%
- 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.
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.
Northwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station is a Volunteer department serving Northwood, NH (Rockingham County), with 2 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,820 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,820 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #68 of 203
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 45 other listed departments in Rockingham County
Northwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 74010 · Northwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station, NH 38 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,820
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scipio-Republic
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scipio-Republic 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.
- Northwood Fire Re… (this dept) 38
- High Kingston, TN 38
- Near Scipio-Republic, OH 38
- Near Dewey Volunteer, OK 38
- Near Hendron, KY 38
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Northwood, NH
- County
- Rockingham County
- FDID
- 74010
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Northwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #68 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,820 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Northwood Fire Rescue - Ridge Station is 2.4% of Rockingham County roster mass
The county lists 53 departments totaling 1,569 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scipio-Republic Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.