Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWhitman Fire Department
Whitman, MA · Plymouth County. Whitman Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Whitman Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Massachusetts average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +3%
- vs. Massachusetts average
- 1
- station
- $697,731
- 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.
Whitman Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Whitman, MA (Plymouth County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,555 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $697,731.
- National personnel rank #7,555 of 22,440
- MA personnel rank #198 of 326
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Plymouth County
Whitman Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 23338 · Whitman Fire Department, MA 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,555
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alpine
- FEMA-MID $698K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alpine Fire Department, WY (+ 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.
- Whitman (this dept) 36
- High Wilcox Volunteer, PA 36
- Near Alpine, WY 36
- Near Edgmont Township…, PA 36
- Near Millersport, OH 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Whitman, MA
- County
- Plymouth County
- FDID
- 23338
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-08906 | $281,814.28 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-06508 | $182,773.08 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-03105 | $233,144 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Massachusetts average
How Whitman Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Massachusetts. In-state it ranks #198 of 326 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,555 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 51
- MA departments
- 568
County roster fringe
Whitman Fire Department is 2.5% of Plymouth County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,438 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alpine Fire Department, WY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MA department.