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Saturday, May 25, 2013

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