Department profile
VolunteerWest Tisbury Fire Department
West Tisbury, MA · Dukes County. West Tisbury Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Tisbury Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +14%
- vs. Massachusetts 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.
West Tisbury Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Tisbury, MA (Dukes County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,419 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,419 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #167 of 326
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Dukes County
West Tisbury 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 07327 · West Tisbury Fire Department, MA 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #6,419
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tri-Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tri-Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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 MA department.
- West Tisbury (this dept) 40
- High Belvoir, NC 40
- Near Tri-Township, MI 40
- Near Jonesfield-Lakefi…, MI 40
- Near Ceffo Volunteer, NC 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Tisbury, MA
- County
- Dukes County
- FDID
- 07327
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How West Tisbury Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #167 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,419 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster geometry
Dukes County HIFLD mix around West Tisbury Fire Department
Dukes County: 10 departments, 226 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tri-Township Fire Department, MI (+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 MA department.