Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Washington Fire Department
Washington, PA · Washington County. City of Washington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Washington Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -40%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 2
- 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 Washington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Washington, PA (Washington County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,180 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,180 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,158 of 1,275
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 47 other listed departments in Washington County
City of Washington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 63054 · City of Washington Fire Department, PA 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,180
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clay Township Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clay Township Fire Rescue, IA (+ 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 PA department.
- City of Washington (this dept) 21
- High Antwerp, OH 21
- Near Clay Township Fir…, IA 21
- Near Sardis Volunteer, AR 21
- Near Lynch Volunteer, NE 21
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Washington, PA
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 63054
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How City of Washington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,158 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,180 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
City of Washington Fire Department is 1.4% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 55 departments totaling 1,519 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clay Township Fire Rescue, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.