Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderChapel Hill Fire Department
Chapel Hill, NC · Orange County. Chapel Hill Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 81 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.
- 81
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chapel Hill Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +212%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 5
- 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.
Chapel Hill Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Chapel Hill, NC (Orange County), with 5 stations and 81 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,417 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,417 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #35 of 932
- 6.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Orange County
Chapel Hill Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
81 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 06802 · Chapel Hill Fire Department, NC 81 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 81
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,417
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Haddam Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Haddam Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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 NC department.
- Chapel Hill (this dept) 81
- High Ashwaubenon Depar…, WI 81
- Near Haddam Volunteer, CT 81
- Near Town of Palm Beac…, FL 81
- Near Carroll County Fi…, MD 81
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- County
- Orange County
- FDID
- 06802
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Chapel Hill Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #35 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,417 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Chapel Hill Fire Department carries 26.8% of Orange County HIFLD personnel
Among 13 listed departments (302 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 81 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Haddam Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 81 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.