Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSutton Fire Department
Sutton, MA · Worcester County. Sutton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 55 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.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sutton Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 3
- 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.
Sutton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sutton, MA (Worcester County), with 3 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,274 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,274 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #96 of 326
- 5.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 71 other listed departments in Worcester County
Sutton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 27290 · Sutton Fire Department, MA 55 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Franklin Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Sutton (this dept) 55
- High Lyons Falls, NY 55
- Near New Franklin Volu…, PA 55
- Near Hamlin, NY 55
- Near Hustontown Area V…, PA 55
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sutton, MA
- County
- Worcester County
- FDID
- 27290
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Sutton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #96 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,274 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Sutton Fire Department is 2.0% 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.
5.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.