Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Westbrook Fire and Rescue

Westbrook, ME · Cumberland County. Westbrook Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 107 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.

107
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Westbrook Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Maine average.

Top 4%
national personnel size
+410%
vs. Maine average
3
stations
$1,275,901
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
65/100
Westbrook Fire and Rescue

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.

Staffing capacity B
35.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$11,924 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
107 personnel · 3 stations

Westbrook Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Westbrook, ME (Cumberland County), with 3 stations and 107 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #819 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,275,901.

  • National personnel rank #819 of 22,440
  • ME personnel rank #5 of 290
  • 2.80 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 46 other listed departments in Cumberland County

Westbrook Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

107 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 C0260 · Westbrook Fire and Rescue, ME 107 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 107
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #819
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Morehead
  • FEMA-MID $1.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Morehead Fire Department, KY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Westbrook, ME
FDID
C0260

FEMA Grant History

$1.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-03967 $276,754.54
2018 EMW2016FH00338 $999,146.52

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Maine average

How Westbrook Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #5 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #819 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 410% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
20
ME departments
497

County roster fringe

Westbrook Fire and Rescue is 5.7% of Cumberland County roster mass

The county lists 59 departments totaling 1,886 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 58% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.80 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 107 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Morehead Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Cape Cottage Fire Station
Cape Elizabeth · other
Casco Central Fire Station
Casco · volunteer
Chebeague Island Fire Department
Chebeague Island · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 107 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.

Morehead Fire Department, KY 107 Port Arthur Fire Department - Central Station, TX 107 Greenacres Department of Public Safety, FL 107 Buckeye Valley Fire District, AZ 107 Boonton Fire Department - South Boonton Firehouse, NJ 107 Valley Chemical Fire Company, PA 107 Uniontown Fire Department, PA 107 City of LA Porte Fire Department, TX 108

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Westbrook Fire and Rescue have?

Westbrook Fire and Rescue has 107 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 410% above the Maine average of 21 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #819 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within ME, it ranks #5 of 290 by personnel.

Does Westbrook Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Westbrook Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Westbrook Fire and Rescue operate?

Westbrook Fire and Rescue operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Westbrook Fire and Rescue?

Westbrook Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Cumberland County, ME. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Westbrook Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Westbrook Fire and Rescue has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,275,901.06 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Maine?

Maine has 497 fire departments with 10,506 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.