Department profile
VolunteerOak Bluffs Fire Department
Oak Bluffs, MA · Dukes County. Oak Bluffs Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Oak Bluffs Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +60%
- 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.
Oak Bluffs Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oak Bluffs, MA (Dukes County), with 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,028 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,028 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #84 of 326
- 1.79 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Dukes County
Oak Bluffs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 07221 · Oak Bluffs Fire Department, MA 56 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,028
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Verona
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Verona Fire Department, NJ (+ 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 MA department.
- Oak Bluffs (this dept) 56
- High Panama, NY 56
- Near Verona, NJ 56
- Near Blue Knob Volunte…, PA 56
- Near Allegheny Township, PA 56
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Oak Bluffs, MA
- County
- Dukes County
- FDID
- 07221
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Oak Bluffs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #84 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,028 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster geometry
Dukes County HIFLD mix around Oak Bluffs Fire Department
Dukes County: 10 departments, 226 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Verona Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.