Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEast Liverpool Fire Department
East Liverpool, OH · Columbiana County. East Liverpool Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
East Liverpool Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- -13%
- vs. Ohio average
- 4
- stations
- $1,189,848
- 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 Liverpool Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving East Liverpool, OH (Columbiana County), with 4 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,527 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,189,848.
- National personnel rank #12,527 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #747 of 1,108
- 15.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Columbiana County
East Liverpool Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 15009 · East Liverpool Fire Department, OH 26 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,527
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smyrna Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Smyrna Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- East Liverpool (this dept) 26
- High Washington Island…, WI 26
- Near Smyrna Volunteer, MS 26
- Near Newell, SD 26
- Near Lawtons Volunteer…, NY 26
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- East Liverpool, OH
- County
- Columbiana County
- FDID
- 15009
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-01186 | $629,847.5 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-18363 | $188,571.43 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FV-01351 | $371,429 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How East Liverpool Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #747 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,527 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
East Liverpool Fire Department is 4.6% of Columbiana County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 570 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 63% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
15.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Smyrna Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.