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Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station

Scarborough, ME · Cumberland County. Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 213 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.

213
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+914%
vs. Maine average
6
stations
$605,273
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
46/100
Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station

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 B
35.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$2,842 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
213 personnel · 6 stations

Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station is a Volunteer department serving Scarborough, ME (Cumberland County), with 6 stations and 213 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #200 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $605,273.

  • National personnel rank #200 of 22,440
  • ME personnel rank #2 of 290
  • 2.82 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 46 other listed departments in Cumberland County

Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

213 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 C4310 · Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station, ME 213 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 213
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #200
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lynn
  • FEMA-MID $605K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lynn Fire Department, MA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Scarborough, ME
FDID
C4310

FEMA Grant History

$605K
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2020)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-13091 $397,727.27
2014 EMW2013FR00456 $207,546

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

Staffing vs the Maine average

How Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #2 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #200 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 914% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
20
ME departments
497

County roster geometry

Cumberland County HIFLD mix around Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station

Cumberland County: 59 departments, 1,886 personnel (21 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 58% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 213 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lynn Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Cape Cottage Fire Station
Cape Elizabeth · other
Casco Central Fire Station
Casco · volunteer
Chebeague Island Fire Department
Chebeague Island · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 213 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.

Lynn Fire Department, MA 213 Aurora Fire Department - Central Station, IL 214 Bellevue Fire Department, WA 214 High Point Fire Department, NC 212 Peekskill Fire Department, NY 214 Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department, MD 210 Yardley-Makefield Fire Company, PA 210 Mount Pleasant Township Volunteer Fire Department 1 - Kecksburg, PA 210

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station have?

Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station has 213 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 914% above the Maine average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #200 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within ME, it ranks #2 of 290 by personnel.

Does Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station provide EMS services?

Yes, Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station operate?

Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station?

Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station is a Volunteer department serving Cumberland County, ME. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station received federal grants?

Yes, Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $605,273.27 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in Maine?

Maine has 497 fire departments with 10,506 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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