Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Seatac Fire Department
Seatac, WA · King County. City of Seatac Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 49 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.
- 49
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Seatac Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Washington average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +32%
- vs. Washington average
- 3
- stations
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 Seatac Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Seatac, WA (King County), with 3 stations and 49 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,142 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,142 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #48 of 120
- 6.12 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in King County
City of Seatac Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
49 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 17M20 · City of Seatac Fire Department, WA 49 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 49
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,142
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Horseshoe…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Horseshoe Bay Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- City of Seatac (this dept) 49
- High Holcomb, KS 49
- Near City of Horseshoe…, TX 49
- Near Harvard Fire Prot…, IL 49
- Near Highland, IL 49
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Seatac, WA
- County
- King County
- FDID
- 17M20
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00345 | $-1,300,560 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Washington average
How City of Seatac Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #48 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,142 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster fringe
City of Seatac Fire Department is 1.6% of King County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 3,118 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 98% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.12 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 49 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Horseshoe Bay Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 49 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.