Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPlymouth Fire Department
Plymouth, MA · Plymouth County. Plymouth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 121 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.
- 121
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plymouth Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Massachusetts average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +246%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 7
- stations
- $3,283,026
- 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.
Plymouth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Plymouth, MA (Plymouth County), with 7 stations and 121 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #665 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,283,026.
- National personnel rank #665 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #22 of 326
- 5.79 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Plymouth County
Plymouth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
121 Top 3% higher than 97% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 23239 · Plymouth Fire Department, MA 121 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 121
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #665
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Easton Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $3.3M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Easton Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- High North Warren Volu…, VA 122
- Plymouth (this dept) 121
- Near Easton Volunteer, MD 121
- Near Hattiesburg, MS 121
- Near Lewisville, TX 121
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Plymouth, MA
- County
- Plymouth County
- FDID
- 23239
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-00683 | $631,076.36 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00509 | $1,756,414.55 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FV01822 | $440,000 |
| 2010 | EMW2009FH00167 | $-171,654 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FH-0016 | $627,189 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Plymouth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #22 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #665 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Plymouth Fire Department is 8.4% of Plymouth County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,438 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 121 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Easton Volunteer Fire Department, MD (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 121 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.