Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTownsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department
Townsend, MA · Middlesex County. Townsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Townsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +29%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 5
- 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.
Townsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department serving Townsend, MA (Middlesex County), with 5 stations and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,033 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,033 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #136 of 326
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 65 other listed departments in Middlesex County
Townsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 17299 · Townsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department, MA 45 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,033
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Princeton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Princeton Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Townsend Fire-Eme… (this dept) 45
- High Salem Township, IN 45
- Near Princeton, KY 45
- Near Deepwater Fire Co…, NJ 45
- Near Mason City, IA 45
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Townsend, MA
- County
- Middlesex County
- FDID
- 17299
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Townsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #136 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,033 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Townsend Fire-Emergency Medical Services Department is 1.2% 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.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Princeton Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.