Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCranston Fire Department
Cranston, RI · Providence County. Cranston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 208 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.
- 208
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cranston Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Rhode Island average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +447%
- vs. Rhode Island average
- 6
- stations
- $11,593,345
- 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.
Cranston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cranston, RI (Providence County), with 6 stations and 208 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #214 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $11,593,345.
- National personnel rank #214 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #1 of 66
- 2.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in Providence County
Cranston Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
208 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 00700 · Cranston Fire Department, RI 208 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 208
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #214
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington Townsh…
- FEMA-HEAVY $11.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Washington Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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 RI department.
- High Asheville Fire an…, NC 210
- Near Cary, NC 209
- Near Lowell, MA 209
- Cranston (this dept) 208
- Near Washington Townsh…, OH 208
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cranston, RI
- County
- Providence County
- FDID
- 00700
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-00716 | $3,670,274.16 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-04903 | $1,000,000 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00034 | $2,513,351.98 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-03148 | $890,494.64 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00108 | $2,765,310 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-00981 | $371,410 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO02322 | $382,504 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How Cranston Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #1 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #214 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster fringe
Cranston Fire Department is 9.2% of Providence County roster mass
The county lists 46 departments totaling 2,266 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 208 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Washington Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 208 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.