Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWakefield Fire and Rescue
Sanbornville, NH · Carroll County. Wakefield Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wakefield Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the New Hampshire average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +44%
- 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.
Wakefield Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Sanbornville, NH (Carroll County), with 3 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,530 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,530 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #80 of 203
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Carroll County
Wakefield Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 11799 · Wakefield Fire and Rescue, NH 36 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,530
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Upper Middlesex V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Wakefield Fire an… (this dept) 36
- High Bridgeport Volunt…, WI 36
- Near Upper Middlesex V…, VA 36
- Near Preble, NY 36
- Near Florence, AZ 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sanbornville, NH
- County
- Carroll County
- FDID
- 11799
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Wakefield Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #80 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,530 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
Wakefield Fire and Rescue is 8.4% of Carroll County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 429 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.