Department profile
Career (Paid)City of Ironton Fire Department
Ironton, OH · Lawrence County. City of Ironton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Ironton Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- -43%
- vs. Ohio average
- 1
- station
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.
City of Ironton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ironton, OH (Lawrence County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,047 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,047 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #1,021 of 1,108
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Lawrence County
City of Ironton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 44009 · City of Ironton Fire Department, OH 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,047
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sumter County Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sumter County Fire and Rescue, FL (+ 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.
- City of Ironton (this dept) 17
- High Atwood Volunteer, IN 17
- Near Sumter County Fir…, FL 17
- Near South Side Volunt…, TN 17
- Near Rea Valley Volunt…, AR 17
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Ironton, OH
- County
- Lawrence County
- FDID
- 44009
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How City of Ironton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #1,021 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,047 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
City of Ironton Fire Department is 4.5% of Lawrence County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 380 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sumter County Fire and Rescue, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.