South Foster Fire Department

What This Data Tells You About South Foster Fire Department

South Foster Fire Department operates as a Volunteer department in Foster, within Providence County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 29 total personnel, 1 station, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as unspecified.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Rhode Island has 111 registered fire departments and 4,218 total personnel, averaging roughly 38 staff per department. South Foster Fire Department runs 24% below that state average, signalling a leaner crew typical of smaller jurisdictions or heavily volunteer-staffed areas. The state records about 8,700 fires, 9 fire deaths, and 38% 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.