Department profile
VolunteerWatch Hill Fire Department
Westerly, RI · Washington County. Watch Hill Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Watch Hill Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Rhode Island average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Rhode Island 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.
Watch Hill Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Westerly, RI (Washington County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,904 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,904 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #33 of 66
- 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 25 other listed departments in Washington County
Watch Hill Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 03605 · Watch Hill Fire Department, RI 38 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #6,904
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mineral Springs V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NC (+ 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 RI department.
- Watch Hill (this dept) 38
- High West Kittanning, PA 38
- Near Mineral Springs V…, NC 38
- Near Goodhope Fire Dep…, MO 38
- Near Burrell Township…, PA 38
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Westerly, RI
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 03605
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How Watch Hill Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #33 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,904 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster fringe
Watch Hill Fire Department is 5.0% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 764 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 26% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mineral Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.