Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Sharon Fire Department

Sharon, MA · Norfolk County. Sharon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 30 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.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Sharon Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.

Top 48%
national personnel size
-14%
vs. Massachusetts average
1
station
$3,234,680
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
82/100
Sharon 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 B
30 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 A
$107,823 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
30 personnel · 1 station

Sharon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sharon, MA (Norfolk County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,705 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,234,680.

  • National personnel rank #10,705 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #237 of 326
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Norfolk County

Sharon Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 48% higher than 52% 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 21266 · Sharon Fire Department, MA 30 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,705
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Porter-Kingston F…
  • FEMA-MID $3.2M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Porter-Kingston Fire District, OH (+ 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 MA department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Sharon, MA
FDID
21266

FEMA Grant History

$3.2M
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2024)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FF-01361 $1,437,417.12
2022 EMW-2022-FG-01207 $1,071,909.09
2019 EMW-2019-FG-00164 $168,800
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00324 $556,554

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

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Sharon Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #237 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,705 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 14% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Sharon Fire Department is 1.8% of Norfolk County roster mass

The county lists 44 departments totaling 1,632 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Porter-Kingston Fire District, OH (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 30 personnel

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

Porter-Kingston Fire District, OH 30 Independence Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 30 Jane Lew Volunteer Fire Department, WV 30 Alexandria Fire Department, MN 30 Piedmont Fire Department, SC 30 Jessup Volunteer Fire Department, MD 30 Rocky River Fire Department, OH 30 Mayfield Heights Fire Department, OH 30

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Sharon Fire Department have?

Sharon Fire Department has 30 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 14% below the Massachusetts average of 35 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #10,705 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MA, it ranks #237 of 326 by personnel.

Does Sharon Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Sharon Fire Department operate?

Sharon Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Sharon Fire Department?

Sharon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Norfolk County, MA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Sharon Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Sharon Fire Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $3,234,680.21 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Massachusetts?

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

Related guides

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