Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorwood Fire Department
Norwood, MA · Norfolk County. Norwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 66 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.
- 66
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Norwood Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +89%
- 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.
Norwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Norwood, MA (Norfolk County), with 1 station and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,152 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,152 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #58 of 326
- 1.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Norfolk County
Norwood Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
66 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 21220 · Norwood Fire Department, MA 66 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 66
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,152
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orange Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Orange Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Norwood (this dept) 66
- High Ted Stevens Ancho…, AK 66
- Near Orange Township, OH 66
- Near Worcester County…, MD 66
- Near Town of Watertown, NY 66
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Norwood, MA
- County
- Norfolk County
- FDID
- 21220
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Norwood Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #58 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,152 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
Norwood Fire Department is 4.0% 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.
1.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 66 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Orange Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 66 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.