Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAvon Lake Fire Department
Avon Lake, OH · Lorain County. Avon Lake Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Avon Lake Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Ohio average
- 1
- station
- $1,158,846
- 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.
Avon Lake Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Avon Lake, OH (Lorain County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,863 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,158,846.
- National personnel rank #9,863 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #573 of 1,108
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Lorain County
Avon Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 47005 · Avon Lake Fire Department, OH 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,863
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Delanson
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Delanson Fire Department, NY (+ 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 OH department.
- Avon Lake (this dept) 30
- High Plotterkill Volun…, NY 30
- Near Delanson, NY 30
- Near Arcadia Volunteer…, NE 30
- Near Shawswick Volunte…, IN 30
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Avon Lake, OH
- County
- Lorain County
- FDID
- 47005
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-06981 | $252,330.86 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-17136 | $906,515.17 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Avon Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #573 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,863 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Avon Lake Fire Department is 4.3% of Lorain County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 700 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Delanson Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.