Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRockwood Fire and Rescue Department
Rockwood, ME · Somerset County. Rockwood Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 11 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.
- 11
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rockwood Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Maine average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -48%
- vs. Maine 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.
Rockwood Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Rockwood, ME (Somerset County), with 1 station and 11 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,775 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,775 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #284 of 290
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Somerset County
Rockwood Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
11 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 M2571 · Rockwood Fire and Rescue Department, ME 11 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 11
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,775
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 156th Cuerpo Emer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 156th Cuerpo Emergencias Servicios Fire Department, PR (+ 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.
- Rockwood Fire and… (this dept) 11
- High Butler Volunteer, TX 11
- Near 156th Cuerpo Emer…, PR 11
- Near Bisbee, AZ 11
- Near Bowman Volunteer, TX 11
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rockwood, ME
- County
- Somerset County
- FDID
- M2571
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Rockwood Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #284 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,775 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Rockwood Fire and Rescue Department is 2.7% of Somerset County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 403 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 25% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 11 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 156th Cuerpo Emergencias Servicios Fire Department, PR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 11 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.