Department profile

Volunteer

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department

Owls Head, ME · Knox County. Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Maine average.

32nd pct.
national personnel size
+10%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
23 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
23 personnel · 1 station

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Owls Head, ME (Knox County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,251 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,251 of 22,440
  • ME personnel rank #201 of 290
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • 15 other listed departments in Knox County

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 G3860 · Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department, ME 23 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #15,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Agency Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Agency Township Fire Department, KS (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Owls Head, ME
FDID
G3860

Staffing vs the Maine average

How Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #201 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,251 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 10% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
20
ME departments
497

County roster fringe

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department is 5.7% of Knox County roster mass

The county lists 18 departments totaling 405 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 22% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Agency Township Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.

Agency Township Fire Department, KS 23 Albert Volunteer Fire Department, KS 23 Alma Volunteer Fire Department, TX 23 Arrowsmith Fire Department, IL 23 Atlanta Fire Protection District, IL 23 Avon Fire Protection District, IL 23 Beasley Volunteer Fire Department, TX 23 Bethany Fire Protection and Ambulance District, IL 23

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department have?

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department has 23 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 10% above the Maine average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #15,251 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within ME, it ranks #201 of 290 by personnel.

Does Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department?

Owls Head Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Knox County, ME. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

How many fire departments are in Maine?

Maine has 497 fire departments with 10,506 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.