Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWestport Fire Department
Westport, CT · Fairfield County. Westport Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department and 77 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.
- 77
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Westport Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Connecticut average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +93%
- vs. Connecticut average
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.
Westport Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Westport, CT (Fairfield County) and 77 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,603 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,603 of 22,440
- CT personnel rank #54 of 203
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 47 other listed departments in Fairfield County
Westport Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
77 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 05220 · Westport Fire Department, CT 77 personnel
PERS-MID · STA-UNK · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 77
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,603
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brighton Area
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brighton Area Fire Department, MI (+ 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 CT department.
- Westport (this dept) 77
- High Castle Rock Fire…, CO 77
- Near Brighton Area, MI 77
- Near Fleetwood Volunte…, PA 77
- Near Northeast Guilfor…, NC 77
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Westport, CT
- County
- Fairfield County
- FDID
- 05220
Staffing vs the Connecticut average
How Westport Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Connecticut. In-state it ranks #54 of 203 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,603 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 34
- CT departments
- 418
County roster fringe
Westport Fire Department is 2.6% of Fairfield County roster mass
The county lists 82 departments totaling 2,960 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Brighton Area Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 77 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CT department.