Department profile
VolunteerPalermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station
Palermo, ME · Waldo County. Palermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Palermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Maine average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -14%
- 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.
Palermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Palermo, ME (Waldo County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,756 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,756 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #239 of 290
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 28 other listed departments in Waldo County
Palermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 N3880 · Palermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station, ME 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,756
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Albany Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Palermo Volunteer… (this dept) 18
- High Bluebonnet Volunt…, TX 18
- Near Albany Volunteer, TX 18
- Near Bennette Fire Dep…, TX 18
- Near Blackjack Volunte…, TX 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Palermo, ME
- County
- Waldo County
- FDID
- N3880
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Palermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #239 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,756 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
Palermo Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station is 3.7% of Waldo County roster mass
The county lists 30 departments totaling 485 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 20% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Albany Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.