Department profile
VolunteerBellevue Fire Department
Bellevue, OH · Sandusky County. Bellevue Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Bellevue Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -17%
- vs. Ohio average
- 1
- station
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.
Bellevue Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bellevue, OH (Sandusky County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,057 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,057 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #782 of 1,108
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Sandusky County
Bellevue Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 39001 · Bellevue Fire Department, OH 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #13,057
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gunnison Valley V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gunnison Valley Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Bellevue (this dept) 25
- High Montezuma Fire Pr…, CA 25
- Near Gunnison Valley V…, UT 25
- Near Westford Volunteer, NY 25
- Near Dwight Fire Prote…, ND 25
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bellevue, OH
- County
- Sandusky County
- FDID
- 39001
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Bellevue Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #782 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,057 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
Bellevue Fire Department is 8.4% of Sandusky County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 298 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gunnison Valley Volunteer Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.