Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEast Chicago Fire Department
East Chicago, IN · Lake County. East Chicago Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 84 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.
- 84
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
East Chicago Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +265%
- vs. Indiana average
- 4
- stations
- $275,265
- 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.
East Chicago Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving East Chicago, IN (Lake County), with 4 stations and 84 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,333 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $275,265.
- National personnel rank #1,333 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #27 of 589
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Lake County
East Chicago Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
84 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 45006 · East Chicago Fire Department, IN 84 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 84
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nassau County Fir…
- FEMA-LIGHT $275K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nassau County Fire and Rescue Service, FL (+ 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 IN department.
- East Chicago (this dept) 84
- High Hershey Volunteer…, PA 84
- Near Nassau County Fir…, FL 84
- Near Miami Township Di…, OH 84
- Near Chugiak Volunteer, AK 84
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- East Chicago, IN
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- 45006
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0446 | $275,265 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How East Chicago Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #27 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,333 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
East Chicago Fire Department is 6.1% of Lake County roster mass
The county lists 34 departments totaling 1,380 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 84 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nassau County Fire and Rescue Service, FL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 84 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.