Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Newark, OH · Licking County. City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 94 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.

94
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+213%
vs. Ohio average
4
stations
$1,651,634
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
55/100
City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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 C
23.5 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 B
$17,571 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
94 personnel · 4 stations

City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Newark, OH (Licking County), with 4 stations and 94 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,075 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,651,634.

  • National personnel rank #1,075 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #28 of 1,108
  • 4.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 19 other listed departments in Licking County

City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

94 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 45025 · City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH 94 personnel · 4 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 94
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,075
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plandome
  • FEMA-MID $1.7M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Plandome Fire Department, NY (+ 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
Newark, OH
FDID
45025

FEMA Grant History

$1.7M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2018)
5
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00194 $505,855
2017 EMW2015FH00695 $476,283
2016 EMW2014FH00568 $417,510
2010 EMW-2010-FO-0933 $251,987
2009 EMW2008FF00624 $-1

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

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #28 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,075 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 213% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County staffing outlier

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

County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

4.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 94 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Plandome Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Buckeye Lake Village Fire Department
Buckeye Lake · volunteer
Granville Township Fire Department
Granville · volunteer
Hanover Volunteer Fire Department
Newark · volunteer
Heath Fire Department
Heath · volunteer
Hebron Fire Department
Hebron · career
Licking Township Fire Company
Jacksontown · volunteer
All OH departments →

Nationwide career peers near 94 personnel

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

Plandome Fire Department, NY 94 Watertown Fire Department, MA 94 New Hackensack Fire District, NY 94 West Des Moines Fire Department, IA 94 Paulding County Fire and Rescue Bureau, GA 94 Germantown Fire Department, TN 94 Bluffton Township Fire District, SC 94 McKinney Fire Department Wysong Central Fire, TX 94

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services have?

City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services has 94 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 213% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,075 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #28 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services operate?

City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services?

City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Licking County, OH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, City of Newark Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services has received 5 FEMA grants totaling $1,651,634 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

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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