Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPortsmouth Fire Department
Portsmouth, RI · Newport County. Portsmouth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Portsmouth Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Rhode Island average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +8%
- vs. Rhode Island 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.
Portsmouth Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Portsmouth, RI (Newport County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,767 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,767 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #29 of 66
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Newport County
Portsmouth Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 02700 · Portsmouth Fire Department, RI 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,767
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wood-Ridge Fire D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wood-Ridge Fire Department / Wood-Ridge Fire Department Emergency Squad, NJ (+ 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 RI department.
- Portsmouth (this dept) 41
- High Manchester, VT 41
- Near Wood-Ridge Fire D…, NJ 41
- Near Gladwin Rural Urb…, MI 41
- Near Gasburg Volunteer, VA 41
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Portsmouth, RI
- County
- Newport County
- FDID
- 02700
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How Portsmouth Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #29 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,767 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster geometry
Newport County HIFLD mix around Portsmouth Fire Department
Newport County: 10 departments, 370 personnel (2 volunteer / 6 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wood-Ridge Fire Department / Wood-Ridge Fire Department Emergency Squad, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.