Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company - Firetown Station

What This Data Tells You About Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company - Firetown Station

Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company - Firetown Station operates as a fire department in Simsbury, within Hartford County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports unreported personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as active.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Connecticut has 418 registered fire departments and 16,581 total personnel, averaging roughly 40 staff per department. Direct staffing comparisons are limited where personnel counts are not reported. The state records about 21,500 fires, 34 fire deaths, and 48% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.