Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Lynnwood Fire Department

Lynnwood, WA · Snohomish County. City of Lynnwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 57 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.

57
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Lynnwood Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Washington average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+54%
vs. Washington average
2
stations
$260,158
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
41/100
City of Lynnwood 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 B
28.5 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 F
$4,564 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
57 personnel · 2 stations

City of Lynnwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lynnwood, WA (Snohomish County), with 2 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,885 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $260,158.

  • National personnel rank #2,885 of 22,440
  • WA personnel rank #42 of 120
  • 3.51 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 16 other listed departments in Snohomish County

City of Lynnwood Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 31M07 · City of Lynnwood Fire Department, WA 57 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 57
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bristol-Kendall F…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $260K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 WA department.

Department Profile

Type
MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
Location
Lynnwood, WA
FDID
31M07

FEMA Grant History

$260K
Cumulative funding (FY2016)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FR00073 $260,158

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

Staffing vs the Washington average

How City of Lynnwood Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #42 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,885 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 54% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
WA departments
483

County roster fringe

City of Lynnwood Fire Department is 4.1% of Snohomish County roster mass

The county lists 33 departments totaling 1,390 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 97% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.51 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 57 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

City of Arlington Fire Department
Arlington · volunteer
Lake Stevens Fire Department
Lake Stevens · career
All WA departments →

Nationwide career peers near 57 personnel

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

Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District, IL 57 City of Paris Fire Department, TX 57 Coal City Fire Protection District, IL 57 Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department, TX 57 Grand Forks Air Force Base Fire Station-Dod, ND 57 Oregon Air National Guard Base Fire and Rescue - Portland-Dod, OR 57 Dunedin Fire Rescue, FL 57 Phenix City Fire Department, AL 57

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Lynnwood Fire Department have?

City of Lynnwood Fire Department has 57 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 54% above the Washington average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,885 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WA, it ranks #42 of 120 by personnel.

Does City of Lynnwood Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

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

City of Lynnwood Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

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

City of Lynnwood Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Snohomish County, WA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Lynnwood Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Lynnwood Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $260,158 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Washington?

Washington has 483 fire departments with 17,908 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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