Department profile
VolunteerWaterford Volunteer Fire Department
Waterford, ME · Oxford County. Waterford Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Waterford Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Maine average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +90%
- vs. Maine 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.
Waterford Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waterford, ME (Oxford County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,403 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,403 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #77 of 290
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 37 other listed departments in Oxford County
Waterford Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 I3160 · Waterford Volunteer Fire Department, ME 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,403
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany Fire Prote…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Albany Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 ME department.
- Waterford Volunte… (this dept) 40
- High Alsip, IL 40
- Near Albany Fire Prote…, IL 40
- Near Alhambra Fire Pro…, IL 40
- Near Alorton Volunteer, IL 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Waterford, ME
- County
- Oxford County
- FDID
- I3160
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Waterford Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #77 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,403 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster fringe
Waterford Volunteer Fire Department is 4.8% of Oxford County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 840 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 12% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Albany Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.