Department profile
VolunteerPeru Fire Department
Peru, ME · Oxford County. Peru Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Peru Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Maine average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +24%
- vs. Maine average
- 2
- stations
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.
Peru Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Peru, ME (Oxford County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,803 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,803 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #169 of 290
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 37 other listed departments in Oxford County
Peru Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 I3990 · Peru Fire Department, ME 26 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #12,803
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 161st Air Nationa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+ 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.
- Peru (this dept) 26
- High Ashley Fire Prote…, IL 26
- Near 161st Air Nationa…, AZ 26
- Near Arcola Fire Prote…, IL 26
- Near Armington Communi…, IL 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Peru, ME
- County
- Oxford County
- FDID
- I3990
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Peru Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #169 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,803 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Peru Fire Department is 3.1% of Oxford County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 840 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 12% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.