Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSanford Fire Department - Central Station
Sanford, ME · York County. Sanford Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 66 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.
- 66
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sanford Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +214%
- vs. Maine average
- 3
- 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.
Sanford Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Sanford, ME (York County), with 3 stations and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,157 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,157 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #20 of 290
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 41 other listed departments in York County
Sanford Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
66 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 R4290 · Sanford Fire Department - Central Station, ME 66 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 66
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,157
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Edcouch Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Edcouch Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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 ME department.
- Sanford Fire Depa… (this dept) 66
- High Highland Park Dep…, TX 66
- Near Edcouch Volunteer, TX 66
- Near Elburn and Countr…, IL 66
- Near Henderson Fire De…, TX 66
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Sanford, ME
- County
- York County
- FDID
- R4290
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Sanford Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #20 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,157 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Sanford Fire Department - Central Station is 5.0% of York County roster mass
The county lists 46 departments totaling 1,315 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 66 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Edcouch Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 66 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.