Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouthborough Fire Department
Southborough, MA · Worcester County. Southborough Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southborough Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- +14%
- 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.
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.
Southborough Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Southborough, MA (Worcester County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,334 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,334 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #164 of 326
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 71 other listed departments in Worcester County
Southborough Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 27277 · Southborough Fire Department, MA 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,334
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rogers
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rogers Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Southborough (this dept) 40
- High Homer Volunteer, AK 40
- Near Rogers, MN 40
- Near Tionesta Borough…, PA 40
- Near Jennings, LA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Southborough, MA
- County
- Worcester County
- FDID
- 27277
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Southborough Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #164 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,334 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Southborough Fire Department is 1.4% of Worcester County roster mass
The county lists 94 departments totaling 2,783 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rogers Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.