Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOld Orchard Beach Fire Department
Old Orchard Beach, ME · York County. Old Orchard Beach Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 57 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.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Old Orchard Beach Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +171%
- vs. Maine 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.
Old Orchard Beach Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Old Orchard Beach, ME (York County), with 1 station and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,928 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,928 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #32 of 290
- 1.75 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 41 other listed departments in York County
Old Orchard Beach Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 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 R3780 · Old Orchard Beach Fire Department, ME 57 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,928
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bristol-Kendall F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bristol-Kendall 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.
- Old Orchard Beach (this dept) 57
- High Fordtran Volunteer, TX 57
- Near Bristol-Kendall F…, IL 57
- Near City of Paris, TX 57
- Near Coal City Fire Pr…, IL 57
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Old Orchard Beach, ME
- County
- York County
- FDID
- R3780
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Old Orchard Beach Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #32 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,928 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
Old Orchard Beach Fire Department is 4.3% of York County roster mass
The county lists 46 departments totaling 1,315 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.