Maine Fire Department Personnel

Personnel (fire department membership) numbers vary by region, by state and even by county. Recruiting is critical to fire department success, see National Volunteer Fire Council’s Make Me a Firefighter and National Volunteer Fire Council’s Recruiting Resources. Check out how your department’s numbers compare to those around you, to see how your recruitment and retention investments are fairing.

This information is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.

Department Type

NOTE: In the USFA National Fire Service Registry data for Maine there are 18 departments NOT classified, and so NOT included in these statistics. Departments should register as Career, Mostly Career, Volunteer or Mostly Volunteer but we do not have it for these 18 departments .

Volunteer Departments of Maine

Here are the average numbers of volunteer firefighters for each county within Maine, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Volunteer Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Androscoggin	9	32	60	18
Aroostook	27	24	48	11
Cumberland	24	50	156	8
Franklin	14	19	46	–
Hancock	26	22	40	6
Kennebec	24	28	50	12
Knox	15	21	31	11
Lincoln	13	24	55	13
Oxford	25	22	44	–
Penobscot	36	21	58	1
Piscataquis	8	28	50	10
Sagadahoc	8	25	47	14
Somerset	18	19	40	6
Waldo	21	19	33	8
Washington	23	17	32	2
York	24	39	81	19

Career Departments of Maine

Here are the average numbers of career firefighters for each county within Maine, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Career Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Androscoggin	2	69	75	63
Aroostook	1	15	–	–
Cumberland	3	118	215	40
Hancock	1	24	–	–
Kennebec	2	32	42	21
Knox	1	28	–	–
Penobscot	6	32	89	12
Sagadahoc	1	24	–	–
Washington	1	13	–	–
York	5	47	76	17

Department Types of Maine

Here are the department types by county for volunteer and career agencies in for Maine.

Looking for NFIRS FDIDs?

Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within Maine. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.

Need more NFIRS help?

Here are some useful ressources to learn more about NFIRS.

NFIRS Codes Cheat Sheet – NFIRS Coding – NFIRS Examples – FDIDs – POCs – NFIRS Transactions – NFIRS Modules – NFIRS Elements – NFIRS Rules – NFIRS Reference – NFIRS Compliant ?

You can also read this NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide, and NFIRS 5.0 Design documentation in order to have a deeper understanding of NFIRS 5.0. Here are also NFIRS 5.0 Forms ready for you to download and use.

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