Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAkron Fire Department
Akron, OH · Summit County. Akron Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 13 stations and 420 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.
- 420
- Total personnel
- 13
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Akron Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1300%
- vs. Ohio average
- 13
- stations
- $26,547,487
- 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.
Akron Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Akron, OH (Summit County), with 13 stations and 420 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #68 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $26,547,487.
- National personnel rank #68 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #4 of 1,108
- 3.10 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Summit County
Akron Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
420 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 77001 · Akron Fire Department, OH 420 personnel · 13 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 420
- STA-MULTI 13 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #68
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Lauderdale F…
- FEMA-HEAVY $26.5M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, FL ( -8 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 OH department.
- Akron (this dept) 420
- Near Fort Lauderdale F…, FL 412
- Near Contra Costa Coun…, CA 406
- Near Syracuse, NY 403
- Low Chattanooga, TN 400
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Akron, OH
- County
- Summit County
- FDID
- 77001
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-07196 | $320,636.36 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00837 | $7,544,233 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-10592 | $220,909.09 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-04119 | $667,151.32 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04504 | $240,866.61 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00736 | $4,469,275 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-04343 | $532,115 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO05458 | $1,186,250 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FR00400 | $1,328,169 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00729 | $2,398,723 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Akron Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #4 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #68 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 13
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster weight
Akron Fire Department carries 30.8% of Summit County HIFLD personnel
Among 40 listed departments (1,364 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 45% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.10 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 420 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, FL (-8 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 420 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.