Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderStoneham Fire Department
Stoneham, MA · Middlesex County. Stoneham Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Stoneham 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
- 1
- station
- $886,527
- 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.
Stoneham Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Stoneham, MA (Middlesex County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,345 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $886,527.
- National personnel rank #6,345 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #165 of 326
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Stoneham 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 17284 · Stoneham Fire Department, MA 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,345
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nebo Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $887K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nebo Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Stoneham (this dept) 40
- High Lumberport Volunt…, WV 40
- Near Nebo Volunteer, VA 40
- Near Carneys Point Fir…, NJ 40
- Near Shenandoah County…, VA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Stoneham, MA
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 17284
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-03119 | $308,485.45 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00537 | $405,427.48 |
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00206 | $-11,194 |
| 2006 | EMW-2006-FG-0063 | $183,808 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Stoneham Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #165 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,345 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
Stoneham Fire Department is 1.1% of Middlesex County roster mass
The county lists 95 departments totaling 3,724 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 99% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nebo Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
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.