Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWashington Fire Department and Rescue Squad
Washington, NH · Sullivan County. Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Hampshire average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +12%
- vs. New Hampshire average
- 2
- 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.
Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad is a Volunteer department serving Washington, NH (Sullivan County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,861 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,861 of 22,440
- NH personnel rank #123 of 203
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Sullivan County
Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 91699 · Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NH 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,861
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Southgate Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Southgate Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Washington Fire D… (this dept) 28
- High Naval District Wa…, VA 28
- Near Southgate Volunte…, TN 28
- Near Union Township Vo…, IN 28
- Near Northeast Nelson…, KY 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Washington, NH
- County
- Sullivan County
- FDID
- 91699
Staffing vs the New Hampshire average
How Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Hampshire. In-state it ranks #123 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,861 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 10
- NH departments
- 293
County roster fringe
Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad is 8.3% of Sullivan County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 336 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Southgate Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NH department.