Department profile
Career (Paid)Decatur Fire Department
Decatur, GA · Dekalb County. Decatur Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Decatur Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +135%
- vs. Georgia 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.
Decatur Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Decatur, GA (Dekalb County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,970 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,970 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #93 of 328
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Dekalb County
Decatur Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 04403 · Decatur Fire Department, GA 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,970
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elba Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Elba Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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 GA department.
- Decatur (this dept) 40
- High Tallahassee Rural…, CO 40
- Near Elba Township, MI 40
- Near Maggie Valley Vol…, NC 40
- Near Lake Logan-Cecil…, NC 40
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Decatur, GA
- County
- Dekalb County
- FDID
- 04403
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Decatur Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #93 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,970 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Decatur Fire Department carries 78.4% of Dekalb County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (51 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 14% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Elba Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.