Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderArdmore Fire Department
Ardmore, OK · Carter County. Ardmore Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ardmore Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oklahoma average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +158%
- vs. Oklahoma average
- 3
- 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.
Ardmore Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ardmore, OK (Carter County), with 3 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,447 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,447 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #56 of 513
- 9.68 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Carter County
Ardmore Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 10001 · Ardmore Fire Department, OK 31 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,447
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Clark County…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Clark County Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 0 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 OK department.
- Ardmore (this dept) 31
- High Prowers County Ru…, CO 31
- Near East Clark County…, AR 31
- Near Ward 1 Fire Prote…, LA 31
- Near Kingsburg, CA 31
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Ardmore, OK
- County
- Carter County
- FDID
- 10001
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Ardmore Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #56 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,447 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Carter County
County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
9.68 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Clark County Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.