Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderColumbus Division of Fire
Columbus, OH · Franklin County. Columbus Division of Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 32 stations and 1,675 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.
- 1,675
- Total personnel
- 32
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Columbus Division of Fire pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +5483%
- vs. Ohio average
- 32
- stations
- $1,199,180
- 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.
Columbus Division of Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Columbus, OH (Franklin County), with 32 stations and 1,675 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,199,180.
- National personnel rank #10 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #1 of 1,108
- 1.91 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Franklin County
Columbus Division of Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,675 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 25009 · Columbus Division of Fire, OH 1,675 personnel · 32 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,675
- STA-SYSTEM 32 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #10
- BELOW-PEER under Baltimore City Fi…
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Baltimore City Fire, MD (+ 77 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 San Francisco, CA 1,835
- Near City of Memphis D…, TN 1,808
- Near Baltimore City Fi…, MD 1,752
- Columbus Division… (this dept) 1,675
- Low San Antonio Fire…, TX 1,505
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- 25009
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | EMW-2005-FG-0480 | $1,199,180 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Columbus Division of Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #1 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 32
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster weight
Columbus Division of Fire carries 58.1% of Franklin County HIFLD personnel
Among 30 listed departments (2,883 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 20% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.91 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (32 stations / 1,675 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Baltimore City Fire, MD (+77 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,675 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.