Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTown of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services
Salisbury, MA · Essex County. Town of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Town of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Massachusetts average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -49%
- 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.
Town of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services is a Volunteer department serving Salisbury, MA (Essex County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,898 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,898 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #307 of 326
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 47 other listed departments in Essex County
Town of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 09259 · Town of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services, MA 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,898
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gateway Fire Prot…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gateway Fire Protection District, ID (+ 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.
- Town of Salisbury… (this dept) 18
- High Rivers Pointe Fir…, MO 18
- Near Gateway Fire Prot…, ID 18
- Near Collins, MO 18
- Near Cameron, SC 18
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Salisbury, MA
- County
- Essex County
- FDID
- 09259
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Town of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #307 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,898 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
Town of Salisbury Department of Fire and Rescue Services is 0.9% of Essex County roster mass
The county lists 55 departments totaling 1,997 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gateway Fire Protection District, ID (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.