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Sandwich Fire Department

Forestdale, MA · Barnstable County. Sandwich Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Sandwich Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Sandwich Fire Department is a fire department serving Forestdale, MA (Barnstable County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,454,765.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Barnstable County

Dispatch plate

Sheet MA-SANDWICH-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-MA · Sandwich Fire Department, MA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $1.5M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Forestdale, MA

FEMA Grant History

$1.5M
Cumulative funding (FY2016–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-00133 $235,212.85
2016 EMW2015FH00613 $1,219,552

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Barnstable County HIFLD mix around Sandwich Fire Department

Barnstable County: 30 departments, 774 personnel (5 volunteer / 13 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Chatham Fire Department
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Chatham Fire Department
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Sandwich Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Sandwich Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Sandwich Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Sandwich Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Sandwich Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Sandwich Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Sandwich Fire Department?

Sandwich Fire Department is a fire department serving Barnstable County, MA.

Has Sandwich Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Sandwich Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,454,764.85 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts has 568 fire departments with 19,841 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.