Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Bellevue Fire Department

Bellevue, WA · King County. Bellevue Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 9 stations and 214 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.

214
Total personnel
9
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bellevue Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Washington average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+478%
vs. Washington average
9
stations
$1,372,567
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
51/100
Bellevue Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
23.8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
214 personnel · 9 stations

Bellevue Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bellevue, WA (King County), with 9 stations and 214 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #197 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,372,567.

  • National personnel rank #197 of 22,440
  • WA personnel rank #5 of 120
  • 4.21 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in King County

Bellevue Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

214 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 17M02 · Bellevue Fire Department, WA 214 personnel · 9 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 214
  • STA-MULTI 9 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #197
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aurora Fire Depar…
  • FEMA-MID $1.4M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Aurora Fire Department - Central Station, IL (+ 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 WA department.

Department Profile

Type
MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
Location
Bellevue, WA
FDID
17M02

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2022–2024)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-07770 $382,654.72
2023 EMW-2023-FP-00114 $707,423.39
2022 EMW-2022-FG-01004 $282,488.76

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Washington average

How Bellevue Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #5 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #197 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 478% above the state average
Stations
9
State fire deaths/yr
68
WA departments
483

County roster fringe

Bellevue Fire Department is 6.9% of King County roster mass

The county lists 41 departments totaling 3,118 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 98% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.21 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 214 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Aurora Fire Department - Central Station, IL (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

East Side Fire and Rescue
North Bend · other
Eastside Fire and Rescue
Bellevue · other
Eastside Fire and Rescue
Issaquah · career
Kent Fire Department
Kent · career
Kirkland Fire Department
Bothell · other
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Nationwide career peers near 214 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.

Aurora Fire Department - Central Station, IL 214 Peekskill Fire Department, NY 214 Scarborough Fire Department - Oak Hill Station, ME 213 Lynn Fire Department, MA 213 High Point Fire Department, NC 212 Wilmington Fire Department, NC 212 City of Charleston Fire Department, SC 212 Edison Division of Fire, NJ 212

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bellevue Fire Department have?

Bellevue Fire Department has 214 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 478% above the Washington average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #197 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WA, it ranks #5 of 120 by personnel.

Does Bellevue Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Bellevue Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Bellevue Fire Department operate?

Bellevue Fire Department operates 9 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Bellevue Fire Department?

Bellevue Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving King County, WA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Bellevue Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Bellevue Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,372,566.87 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2022–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Washington?

Washington has 483 fire departments with 17,908 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.