Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSpencer Fire and Emergency Services
Spencer, MA · Worcester County. Spencer Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Spencer Fire and Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +46%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 1
- station
- $2,025,610
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Spencer Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Spencer, MA (Worcester County), with 1 station and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,760 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,025,610.
- National personnel rank #3,760 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #111 of 326
- 1.96 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 71 other listed departments in Worcester County
Spencer Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 27280 · Spencer Fire and Emergency Services, MA 51 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,760
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salinas Rural Fir…
- FEMA-MID $2.0M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Salinas Rural Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- Spencer Fire and… (this dept) 51
- High Mercersburg-Montg…, PA 51
- Near Salinas Rural Fir…, CA 51
- Near Big Sur Volunteer…, CA 51
- Near Borough of Chambe…, PA 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Spencer, MA
- County
- Worcester County
- FDID
- 27280
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-06646 | $680,571.42 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FF-01522 | $902,828 |
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00070 | $442,210.34 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Spencer Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #111 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,760 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
Spencer Fire and Emergency Services is 1.8% 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.
1.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Salinas Rural Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.