Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouthwick Fire Department
Southwick, MA · Hampden County. Southwick Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southwick Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +60%
- vs. Massachusetts 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.
Southwick Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Southwick, MA (Hampden County), with 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,051 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,051 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #87 of 326
- 1.79 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Hampden County
Southwick Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 13279 · Southwick Fire Department, MA 56 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,051
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Village of Stamfo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Village of Stamford Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Southwick (this dept) 56
- High Amissville Volunt…, VA 56
- Near Village of Stamfo…, NY 56
- Near West Whiteland Fi…, PA 56
- Near Williamsville Fir…, NY 56
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Southwick, MA
- County
- Hampden County
- FDID
- 13279
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Southwick Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #87 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,051 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Southwick Fire Department is 3.9% of Hampden County roster mass
The county lists 36 departments totaling 1,431 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Village of Stamford Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.