Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Hamilton Fire Department

Hamilton, OH · Butler County. City of Hamilton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 116 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.

116
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Hamilton Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.

Top 3%
national personnel size
+287%
vs. Ohio average
6
stations
$622,144
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
36/100
City of Hamilton 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 D
19.3 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
116 personnel · 6 stations

City of Hamilton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hamilton, OH (Butler County), with 6 stations and 116 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #714 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $622,144.

  • National personnel rank #714 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #17 of 1,108
  • 5.17 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Butler County

City of Hamilton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

116 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 09015 · City of Hamilton Fire Department, OH 116 personnel · 6 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 116
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #714
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Richmond
  • FEMA-MID $622K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Richmond Fire Department, CA (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Hamilton, OH
FDID
09015

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2022)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-08441 $135,164.09
2017 EMW-2017-FO-00466 $486,980

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

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How City of Hamilton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #17 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #714 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 287% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County staffing outlier

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

County mix is mostly volunteer (16 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

5.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 116 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Richmond Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

City of Oxford Fire Department
Oxford · volunteer
City of Trenton Fire Department
Trenton · volunteer
Fairfield Fire Department
Fairfield · volunteer
Fairfield Township Fire Department
Hamilton · volunteer
Liberty Township Fire Department
Hamilton · volunteer
Middletown Division of Fire
Middletown · career
All OH departments →

Nationwide career peers near 116 personnel

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

Richmond Fire Department, CA 116 Lees Summit Fire Department, MO 116 Galena Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, MD 116 Coweta County Fire Department, GA 116 Muncie Fire Department, IN 116 Decatur Fire Department, IL 116 Round Rock Fire Department - Central Station, TX 116 Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department, MD 116

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Hamilton Fire Department have?

City of Hamilton Fire Department has 116 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 287% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #714 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #17 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does City of Hamilton Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does City of Hamilton Fire Department operate?

City of Hamilton Fire Department operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Hamilton Fire Department?

City of Hamilton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Butler County, OH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Hamilton Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Hamilton Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $622,144.09 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Ohio?

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

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