Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCharlotte Fire Department
Charlotte, NC · Mecklenburg County. Charlotte Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 37 stations and 1,082 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.
- 1,082
- Total personnel
- 37
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Charlotte Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +4062%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 37
- stations
- $9,178,288
- 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.
Charlotte Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Charlotte, NC (Mecklenburg County), with 37 stations and 1,082 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $9,178,288.
- National personnel rank #18 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #1 of 932
- 3.42 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Mecklenburg County
Charlotte Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,082 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 06002 · Charlotte Fire Department, NC 1,082 personnel · 37 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,082
- STA-SYSTEM 37 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #18
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clark County
- FEMA-HEAVY $9.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clark County Fire Department, NV (+ 3 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.
- High Austin, TX 1,100
- Near Clark County, NV 1,085
- Charlotte (this dept) 1,082
- Near Seattle, WA 1,078
- Low Oklahoma City, OK 1,031
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- County
- Mecklenburg County
- FDID
- 06002
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-03872 | $1,234,090.9 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00550 | $274,581 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO02881 | $771,273 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO04997 | $1,274,319 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FR-0061 | $2,714,312 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FR-0038 | $1,680,000 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-0575 | $1,229,712 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Charlotte Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #1 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 37
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Charlotte Fire Department carries 68.0% of Mecklenburg County HIFLD personnel
Among 20 listed departments (1,592 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.42 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (37 stations / 1,082 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clark County Fire Department, NV (+3 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,082 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.