Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department

Circleville, OH · Pickaway County. Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.

25th pct.
national personnel size
-33%
vs. Ohio average
2
stations
$3,254,418
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
50/100
Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services 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 F
10 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 A
$162,721 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
20 personnel · 2 stations

Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Circleville, OH (Pickaway County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,845 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,254,418.

  • National personnel rank #16,845 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #939 of 1,108
  • 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Pickaway County

Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 65001 · Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, OH 20 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,845
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Henderson
  • FEMA-MID $3.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Henderson Fire Department, IA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Circleville, OH
FDID
65001

FEMA Grant History

$3.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2021)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FF-01527 $1,585,846.38
2021 EMW-2021-FG-03189 $928,571.42
2019 EMW-2019-FG-04784 $563,333
2017 EMW2016FV00826 $176,667

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

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #939 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,845 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 33% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Pickaway County

County mix is mostly volunteer (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Henderson Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Pic-a-Fay Joint Fire District
New Holland · volunteer
Pickaway Township Fire Department
Circleville · other
Scioto Township Fire Department
Commercial Point · volunteer
All OH departments →

Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel

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

Henderson Fire Department, IA 20 Silver City Volunteer Fire Department, IA 20 Clarence B Lane Memorial Park and Firehall / Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, TN 20 Wanda Volunteer Fire Department, MN 20 Comanche Fire Department, OK 20 Fort Madison Fire Department, IA 20 Whiting Fire Department, IN 20 Rhinelander Fire Department, WI 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department have?

Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 33% below the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #16,845 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #939 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department operate?

Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department?

Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Pickaway County, OH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department received federal grants?

Yes, Circleville Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $3,254,417.8 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Ohio?

Ohio has 1,501 fire departments with 44,930 total personnel. 62% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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