Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPepperell Fire Department
Pepperell, MA · Middlesex County. Pepperell Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 78 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.
- 78
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pepperell Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Massachusetts average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +123%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 2
- stations
- $467,492
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Pepperell Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pepperell, MA (Middlesex County), with 2 stations and 78 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,562 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $467,492.
- National personnel rank #1,562 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #43 of 326
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Pepperell Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
78 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 17232 · Pepperell Fire Department, MA 78 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 78
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,562
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Queen Annes Count…
- FEMA-LIGHT $467K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Queen Annes County Fire Department / Queenstown Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 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.
- Pepperell (this dept) 78
- High Shorewood Hills, WI 78
- Near Queen Annes Count…, MD 78
- Near Jasper Volunteer, IN 78
- Near City of Beacon Fi…, NY 78
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pepperell, MA
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 17232
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-05706 | $363,990.47 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FF00396 | $22,621 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00536 | $80,881 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Pepperell Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #43 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,562 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Pepperell Fire Department is 2.1% of Middlesex County roster mass
The county lists 95 departments totaling 3,724 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 99% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 78 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Queen Annes County Fire Department / Queenstown Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 78 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.