Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWoolwich Fire Department
Woolwich, ME · Sagadahoc County. Woolwich Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Woolwich Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Maine average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +67%
- vs. Maine 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.
Woolwich Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Woolwich, ME (Sagadahoc County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,228 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,228 of 22,440
- ME personnel rank #103 of 290
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Sagadahoc County
Woolwich Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 L5290 · Woolwich Fire Department, ME 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,228
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Adell-Whitt Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Woolwich (this dept) 35
- High Bismarck Fire Pro…, IL 35
- Near Adell-Whitt Volun…, TX 35
- Near Atlanta Texas Fir…, TX 35
- Near Bethalto, IL 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Woolwich, ME
- County
- Sagadahoc County
- FDID
- L5290
Staffing vs the Maine average
How Woolwich Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Maine. In-state it ranks #103 of 290 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,228 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 20
- ME departments
- 497
County roster geometry
Sagadahoc County HIFLD mix around Woolwich Fire Department
Sagadahoc County: 11 departments, 270 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ME department.