Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department

Defiance, OH · Defiance County. Defiance Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 33 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.

33
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.

Top 39%
national personnel size
+10%
vs. Ohio average
1
station
$1,750,705
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
82/100
Defiance Fire and Rescue Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
33 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$53,052 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
33 personnel · 1 station

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Defiance, OH (Defiance County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,651 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,750,705.

  • National personnel rank #8,651 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #482 of 1,108
  • 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Defiance County

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 20001 · Defiance Fire and Rescue Department, OH 33 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,651
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bristol
  • FEMA-MID $1.8M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bristol Fire Department, IN (+ 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 OH department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Defiance, OH
FDID
20001

FEMA Grant History

$1.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-00419 $952,380.95
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00133 $798,323.98

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Defiance Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #482 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,651 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 10% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department is 7.9% of Defiance County roster mass

The county lists 13 departments totaling 418 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bristol Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Delaware Township Fire Department
Defiance · volunteer
Farmer Fire Department
Bryan · volunteer
Hicksville Volunteer Fire Department
Hicksville · volunteer
Jewell Fire Department
Defiance · other
Noble Township Fire Department
Defiance · volunteer
All OH departments →

Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.

Bristol Fire Department, IN 33 Cleveland Township Fire Department - North Station, IN 33 Elkhart Township Fire Department, IN 33 Scotch Plains Fire Department, NJ 33 Ashland Fire Department, MA 33 Manchester Fire and Rescue, TN 33 Amsterdam Fire Department, NY 33 Elizabethton Fire Department, TN 33

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Defiance Fire and Rescue Department have?

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department has 33 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 10% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #8,651 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #482 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Defiance Fire and Rescue Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Defiance Fire and Rescue Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Defiance Fire and Rescue Department operate?

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Defiance Fire and Rescue Department?

Defiance Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Defiance County, OH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Defiance Fire and Rescue Department received federal grants?

Yes, Defiance Fire and Rescue Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,750,704.93 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Ohio?

Ohio has 1,501 fire departments with 44,930 total personnel. 62% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.