Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Southampton Fire Department

Southampton, MA · Hampshire County. Southampton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 24 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.

24
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Southampton Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Massachusetts average.

34th pct.
national personnel size
-31%
vs. Massachusetts average
2
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
17/100
Southampton 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 F
12 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
24 personnel · 2 stations

Southampton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Southampton, MA (Hampshire County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,783 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,783 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #276 of 326
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Hampshire County

Southampton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

24 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 15276 · Southampton Fire Department, MA 24 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 24
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,783
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Strasburg Fire Pr…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Strasburg Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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 MA department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Southampton, MA
FDID
15276

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Southampton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #276 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,783 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 31% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Southampton Fire Department is 3.6% of Hampshire County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 676 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Strasburg Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel

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