Department profile
VolunteerSouthwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department
Southwest Harbor, ME · Hancock County. Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +186%
- vs. Maine average
- 1
- station
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.
Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Southwest Harbor, ME (Hancock County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,713 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,713 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #28 of 290
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 39 other listed departments in Hancock County
Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 E4510 · Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department, ME 60 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #2,713
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atkinson Fire Pro…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Atkinson Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 ME department.
- Southwest Harbor… (this dept) 60
- High Dickinson Volunte…, TX 60
- Near Atkinson Fire Pro…, IL 60
- Near Bridge City Volun…, TX 60
- Near Comanche County F…, KS 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Southwest Harbor, ME
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- E4510
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #28 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,713 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Department is 8.1% of Hancock County roster mass
The county lists 44 departments totaling 740 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 27% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Atkinson Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.