Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOakland-Mapleville Fire Department
Oakland, RI · Providence County. Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Rhode Island average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- -11%
- 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.
Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oakland, RI (Providence County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,444 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,444 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #38 of 66
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in Providence County
Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 00304 · Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department, RI 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,444
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pike Road Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pike Road Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Oakland-Mapleville (this dept) 34
- High Forestdale Fire D…, AL 34
- Near Pike Road Volunte…, AL 34
- Near Department of Fir…, VA 34
- Near Grand Bay Volunte…, AL 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Oakland, RI
- County
- Providence County
- FDID
- 00304
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #38 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,444 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
Oakland-Mapleville Fire Department 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.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pike Road Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.