Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Westfield Fire Department

Westfield, MA · Hampden County. Westfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 88 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.

88
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Westfield Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Massachusetts average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+151%
vs. Massachusetts average
3
stations
$716,283
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Westfield Fire Department

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
29.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness C
1.7 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment D
$8,140 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
88 personnel · 3 stations

Westfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Westfield, MA (Hampden County), with 3 stations and 88 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,232 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $716,283.

  • National personnel rank #1,232 of 22,440
  • MA personnel rank #38 of 326
  • 3.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 28 other listed departments in Hampden County

Westfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

88 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 13329 · Westfield Fire Department, MA 88 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 88
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,232
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fargo
  • FEMA-MID $716K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fargo Fire Department, ND (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Westfield, MA
FDID
13329

FEMA Grant History

$716K
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2021)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-06989 $213,722.72
2012 EMW-2012-FO-0494 $233,979
2009 EMW-2009-FH-0017 $268,581

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

Staffing vs the Massachusetts average

How Westfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #38 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,232 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 151% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
51
MA departments
568

County roster fringe

Westfield Fire Department is 6.1% 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.

3.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 88 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Fargo Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).

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Brimfield Fire Department
Brimfield · volunteer
Chester Fire Department
Huntington · other
Chester Fire Department
Chester · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 88 personnel

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

Fargo Fire Department, ND 88 Hazlehurst Fire Department, GA 88 Minquadale Fire Company, DE 88 Rio Tinto Energy America - Cordero Rojo Coal Company Emergency Response Team, WY 88 City of Roswell Fire Department, NM 88 Norwich Township Fire Department, OH 88 Sugar Land Fire Department, TX 88 Placer County Fire Department, CA 88

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Westfield Fire Department have?

Westfield Fire Department has 88 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 151% above the Massachusetts average of 35 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,232 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MA, it ranks #38 of 326 by personnel.

Does Westfield Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Westfield Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Westfield Fire Department operate?

Westfield Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Westfield Fire Department?

Westfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hampden County, MA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Westfield Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Westfield Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $716,282.72 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts has 568 fire departments with 19,841 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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