New England
Fire Department Staffing Levels
This database is the result of a survey of all New England cities with populations similar to Portland, between 40,000 and 100,000 residents.
Several municipalities were added outside these parameters to include larger ones such as Boston, and several Maine cities.
* The numbers for Providence reflect authorized, not actual staffing levels.
SOURCES: Census Bureau, Staff Research DATE: January 2012
| City | State | Population | Firefighters | Firefighters per 1,000 pop. | Size (sq. mi.) | Pop. per sq. mi. |
| Auburn | ME | 23,055 | 60 | 2.60 | 59.33 | 388 |
| Bangor | ME | 33,039 | 90 | 2.72 | 34.26 | 964 |
| Barnstable | MA | 45,194 | 16 | 0.35 | 59.81 | 756 |
| Beverly | MA | 39,502 | 60 | 1.52 | 15.90 | 2,617 |
| Boston | MA | 617,594 | 1,467 | 2.38 | 48.28 | 12,792 |
| Bristol | CT | 60,477 | 92 | 1.52 | 26.41 | 2,289 |
| Brockton | MA | 93,810 | 172 | 1.83 | 21.33 | 4,398 |
| Burlington | VT | 42,417 | 79 | 1.86 | 10.31 | 4,115 |
| Cambridge | MA | 105,162 | 274 | 2.61 | 6.39 | 16,470 |
| Chicopee | MA | 55,298 | 143 | 2.59 | 22.83 | 2,422 |
| Concord | NH | 42,695 | 99 | 2.32 | 64.25 | 664 |
| Cranston | RI | 80,387 | 201 | 2.50 | 28.34 | 2,836 |
| Danbury | CT | 80,893 | 128 | 1.58 | 41.89 | 1,931 |
| East Providence | RI | 47,037 | 120 | 2.55 | 13.24 | 3,552 |
| Everett, | MA | 41,667 | 95 | 2.28 | 3.40 | 12,165 |
| Fall River | MA | 88,857 | 232 | 2.61 | 33.13 | 2,681 |
| Fitchburg | MA | 40,318 | 78 | 1.93 | 27.80 | 1,434 |
| Hartford | CT | 124,775 | 393 | 3.15 | 17.30 | 7,178 |
| Haverhill | MA | 60,879 | 90 | 1.48 | 32.97 | 1,846 |
| Lawrence | MA | 76,377 | 120 | 1.57 | 6.93 | 11,027 |
| Leominster | MA | 40,759 | 78 | 1.91 | 28.82 | 1,414 |
| Lowell | MA | 106,519 | 201 | 1.89 | 13.58 | 7,842 |
| Lynn | MA | 90,329 | 171 | 1.89 | 10.74 | 8,409 |
| Malden | MA | 59,450 | 115 | 1.93 | 5.04 | 11,788 |
| Manchester | NH | 109,565 | 258 | 2.35 | 33.10 | 3,310 |
| Medford | MA | 56,173 | 111 | 1.98 | 8.1 | 6,934 |
| Meriden | CT | 60,868 | 99 | 1.63 | 23.79 | 2,558 |
| Meuthen | MA | 47,255 | 72 | 1.52 | 22.25 | 2,124 |
| Middletown | CT | 47,648 | 66 | 1.39 | 41.02 | 1,161 |
| Milford | MA | 51,271 | 114 | 2.22 | 21.90 | 2,340 |
| Nashua | NH | 86,494 | 176 | 2.03 | 30.85 | 2,803 |
| New Bedford | MA | 95,702 | 203 | 2.12 | 20.00 | 4,754 |
| New Britain | MA | 73,206 | 137 | 1.87 | 13.39 | 5,466 |
| Newton | MA | 85,146 | 186 | 2.18 | 17.84 | 4,773 |
| Norwalk | CT | 85,603 | 130 | 1.52 | 22.86 | 3,744 |
| Norwich | CT | 40,493 | 59 | 1.46 | 28.06 | 1,443 |
| Pawtucket | RI | 71,148 | 146 | 2.05 | 8.68 | 8,194 |
| Peabody | MA | 51,251 | 107 | 2.09 | 16.21 | 3,161 |
| Pittsfield | MA | 44,737 | 83 | 1.86 | 40.47 | 1,105 |
| Portland | ME | 66,194 | 234 | 3.54 | 21.31 | 3,105 |
| Portsmouth | NH | 20,779 | 61 | 2.94 | 15.64 | 1,329 |
| Providence* | RI | 178,042 | 429 | 2.41 | 18.40 | 9,676 |
| Quincy | MA | 92,271 | 195 | 2.11 | 16.57 | 5,567 |
| Revere | MA | 51,755 | 102 | 1.97 | 5.69 | 9,095 |
| Salem | MA | 41,340 | 85 | 2.06 | 8.28 | 4,449 |
| Somerville | MA | 75,754 | 152 | 2.01 | 4.12 | 18,404 |
| South Portland | ME | 25,002 | 60 | 2.40 | 11.98 | 2,086 |
| Taunton | MA | 55,874 | 152 | 2.72 | 46.70 | 1,196 |
| Waltham | MA | 60,632 | 160 | 2.64 | 12.73 | 4,763 |
| Warwick | RI | 82,672 | 220 | 2.66 | 35.05 | 2,359 |
| West Haven | CT | 55,564 | 100 | 1.80 | 10.75 | 5,170 |
| Westfield | MA | 41,094 | 84 | 2.04 | 46.32 | 887 |
| Weymouth | MA | 53,743 | 98 | 1.82 | 16.79 | 3,200 |
| Woonsocket | RI | 41,186 | 96 | 2.33 | 7.74 | 5,321 |