Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEast Providence Fire Department
East Providence, RI · Providence County. East Providence Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 119 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.
- 119
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
East Providence Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Rhode Island average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +213%
- vs. Rhode Island average
- 4
- stations
- $5,197,802
- 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 Providence Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving East Providence, RI (Providence County), with 4 stations and 119 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #687 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,197,802.
- National personnel rank #687 of 22,440
- RI personnel rank #6 of 66
- 3.36 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 33 other listed departments in Providence County
East Providence Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
119 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 01000 · East Providence Fire Department, RI 119 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 119
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #687
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Olathe Fire Depar…
- FEMA-HEAVY $5.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Olathe Fire Department Administration, KS (+ 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 RI department.
- East Providence (this dept) 119
- High Daytona Beach, FL 119
- Near Olathe Fire Depar…, KS 119
- Near City of East Oran…, NJ 119
- Near Colchester Haywar…, CT 119
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- East Providence, RI
- County
- Providence County
- FDID
- 01000
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | EMW2012FV03393 | $272,538 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FH00509 | $3,561,472 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0292 | $768,694 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0448 | $380,052 |
| 2008 | EMW-2008-FP-0228 | $215,046 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Rhode Island average
How East Providence Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Rhode Island. In-state it ranks #6 of 66 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #687 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 9
- RI departments
- 111
County roster fringe
East Providence Fire Department is 5.3% of Providence County roster mass
The county lists 46 departments totaling 2,266 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.36 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 119 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Olathe Fire Department Administration, KS (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 119 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every RI department.