Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCushing Fire Department and Ambulance Service
Cushing, OK · Payne County. Cushing Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cushing Fire Department and Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oklahoma average.
- 36th pct.
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Oklahoma average
- 1
- station
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.
Cushing Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Career (Paid) department serving Cushing, OK (Payne County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,329 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,329 of 22,440
- OK personnel rank #117 of 513
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Payne County
Cushing Fire Department and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 60001 · Cushing Fire Department and Ambulance Service, OK 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,329
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eustis Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Eustis Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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 OK department.
- Cushing Fire Depa… (this dept) 24
- High Park Hills Volunt…, KY 24
- Near Eustis Volunteer, NE 24
- Near Rock Rapids, IA 24
- Near Harrison Township…, OH 24
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Cushing, OK
- County
- Payne County
- FDID
- 60001
Staffing vs the Oklahoma average
How Cushing Fire Department and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #117 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,329 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- OK departments
- 1,049
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Payne County
County mix is mostly volunteer (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Eustis Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.