Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue
Northfield, NH · Merrimack County. Tilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Tilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Hampshire average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. New Hampshire 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.
Tilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Northfield, NH (Merrimack County), with 3 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,079 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,079 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #36 of 203
- 6.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Merrimack County
Tilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 01305 · Tilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue, NH 50 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,079
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Callaway Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Callaway Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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 NH department.
- Tilton-Northfield… (this dept) 50
- High Buchanan Valley V…, PA 50
- Near North Callaway Fi…, MO 50
- Near West Buncombe Vol…, NC 50
- Near Bayview Volunteer…, NJ 50
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Northfield, NH
- County
- Merrimack County
- FDID
- 01305
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Tilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #36 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,079 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Tilton-Northfield Fire and Rescue is 5.7% of Merrimack County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 874 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Callaway Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.