Department profile
VolunteerNorway Fire Department
Norway, ME · Oxford County. Norway Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 70 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 70
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Norway Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +233%
- vs. Maine average
- 1
- station
- $199,500
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Norway Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Norway, ME (Oxford County), with 1 station and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,942 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $199,500.
- National personnel rank #1,942 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #16 of 290
- 1.43 stations per 100 personnel
- 37 other listed departments in Oxford County
Norway Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 I3500 · Norway Fire Department, ME 70 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 70
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #1,942
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Addison Fire Prot…
- FEMA-LIGHT $200K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Addison Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 ME department.
- Norway (this dept) 70
- High Fort Campbell, KY 70
- Near Addison Fire Prot…, IL 70
- Near Beeville Volunteer, TX 70
- Near Carrollton Volunt…, IL 70
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Norway, ME
- County
- Oxford County
- FDID
- I3500
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FV-0207 | $199,500 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Norway Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #16 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,942 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Norway Fire Department is 8.3% of Oxford County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 840 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 12% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 70 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Addison Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 70 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.