Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Springfield Fire Department
West Springfield, MA · Hampden County. West Springfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 69 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.
- 69
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Springfield Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Massachusetts average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +97%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 3
- stations
- $629,772
- 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.
West Springfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving West Springfield, MA (Hampden County), with 3 stations and 69 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,021 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $629,772.
- National personnel rank #2,021 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #55 of 326
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Hampden County
West Springfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
69 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 13325 · West Springfield Fire Department, MA 69 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 69
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,021
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fitchburg
- FEMA-MID $630K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fitchburg Fire Department, WI (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 MA department.
- West Springfield (this dept) 69
- High Hanover County Fi…, VA 69
- Near Fitchburg, WI 69
- Near Spalding County, GA 69
- Near Shenandoah County…, VA 69
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- West Springfield, MA
- County
- Hampden County
- FDID
- 13325
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-07104 | $70,112.72 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-02842 | $332,314 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-01764 | $232,446 |
| - | EMW2016FH00135 | $-5,100.7 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How West Springfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #55 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,021 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
West Springfield Fire Department is 4.8% of Hampden County roster mass
The county lists 36 departments totaling 1,431 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 69 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fitchburg Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 69 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.