Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRochester Fire Department
Rochester, MA · Plymouth County. Rochester Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rochester Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- -9%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 3
- stations
- $272,793
- 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.
Rochester Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rochester, MA (Plymouth County), with 3 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,302 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $272,793.
- National personnel rank #9,302 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #219 of 326
- 9.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Plymouth County
Rochester Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 23250 · Rochester Fire Department, MA 32 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,302
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mauldin
- FEMA-LIGHT $273K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mauldin Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Rochester (this dept) 32
- High Amanda Township, OH 32
- Near Mauldin, SC 32
- Near Travelers Rest, SC 32
- Near Redwood Valley Ca…, CA 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rochester, MA
- County
- Plymouth County
- FDID
- 23250
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-05737 | $168,301.9 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-01167 | $104,491 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Rochester Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #219 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,302 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Rochester Fire Department is 2.2% 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.
9.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mauldin Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.