Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRochester Fire Department
Rochester, NH · Strafford County. Rochester Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 79 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.
- 79
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rochester Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +216%
- vs. New Hampshire 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.
Rochester Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rochester, NH (Strafford County), with 2 stations and 79 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,532 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,532 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #9 of 203
- 2.53 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Strafford County
Rochester Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
79 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 81020 · Rochester Fire Department, NH 79 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 79
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,532
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smyrna
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Smyrna Fire Department, TN (+ 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 NH department.
- Rochester (this dept) 79
- High Vacaville Fire Pr…, CA 79
- Near Smyrna, TN 79
- Near Springfield Towns…, OH 79
- Near Sound Beach, NY 79
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rochester, NH
- County
- Strafford County
- FDID
- 81020
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Rochester Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #9 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,532 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster geometry
Strafford County HIFLD mix around Rochester Fire Department
Strafford County: 17 departments, 596 personnel (10 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.53 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 79 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Smyrna Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 79 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.