Department profile
Career (Paid)Cleveland Fire Department
Cleveland, OH · Cuyahoga County. Cleveland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 26 stations and 1,028 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 1,028
- Total personnel
- 26
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Cleveland Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +3327%
- vs. Ohio average
- 26
- stations
- $6,264,748
- 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.
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.
Cleveland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cleveland, OH (Cuyahoga County), with 26 stations and 1,028 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $6,264,748.
- National personnel rank #21 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #2 of 1,108
- 2.53 stations per 100 personnel
- 52 other listed departments in Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,028 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 18027 · Cleveland Fire Department, OH 1,028 personnel · 26 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,028
- STA-SYSTEM 26 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #21
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oklahoma City
- FEMA-HEAVY $6.3M
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oklahoma City Fire Department, OK (+ 3 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.
- High Oklahoma City, OK 1,031
- Cleveland (this dept) 1,028
- Near San Diego Fire -…, CA 1,018
- Near Kansas City Misso…, MO 1,008
- Low Howard County, MD 982
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cleveland, OH
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- FDID
- 18027
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-06400 | $812,404.47 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO06412 | $225,000 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-02873 | $220,541 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO06639 | $364,415 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00666 | $4,456,230 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO05657 | $186,158 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Cleveland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #2 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 26
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster weight
Cleveland Fire Department carries 33.7% of Cuyahoga County HIFLD personnel
Among 71 listed departments (3,053 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 17% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.53 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (26 stations / 1,028 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oklahoma City Fire Department, OK (+3 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,028 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.