Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTurn of River
Stamford, CT · Fairfield County. Turn of River is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 82 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.
- 82
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Turn of River pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Connecticut average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +105%
- vs. Connecticut average
- 2
- stations
- $1,152,002
- 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.
Turn of River is a Volunteer department serving Stamford, CT (Fairfield County), with 2 stations and 82 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,406 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,152,002.
- National personnel rank #1,406 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #44 of 203
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 47 other listed departments in Fairfield County
Turn of River vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
82 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 05185 · Turn of River, CT 82 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 82
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,406
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bedford Fire Depa…
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bedford Fire Department 1 Incorporated, 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 CT department.
- Turn of River (this dept) 82
- High Waterford Township, MI 82
- Near Bedford Fire Depa…, PA 82
- Near Festus, MO 82
- Near Cleveland, TN 82
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stamford, CT
- County
- Fairfield County
- FDID
- 05185
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00619 | $2,887,200 |
| 2009 | EMW2008FF01070 | $-1,421,960 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF01291 | $-1,118 |
| 2008 | EMW-2008-FF-0107 | $-312,120 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Turn of River's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #44 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,406 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
Turn of River is 2.8% of Fairfield County roster mass
The county lists 82 departments totaling 2,960 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 82 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bedford Fire Department 1 Incorporated, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 82 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.