Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEastlake Fire Department
Eastlake, OH · Lake County. Eastlake Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Eastlake Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 45%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Ohio average
- 1
- station
- $860,459
- 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.
Eastlake Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Eastlake, OH (Lake County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,089 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $860,459.
- National personnel rank #10,089 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #586 of 1,108
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Lake County
Eastlake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 43001 · Eastlake Fire Department, OH 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,089
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Summit Fire…
- FEMA-MID $860K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Summit Fire Protection District - Oakley Station, UT (+ 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.
- Eastlake (this dept) 30
- High Winona Lake, IN 30
- Near South Summit Fire…, UT 30
- Near Ward Volunteer, AR 30
- Near Woodbine Fire and…, IA 30
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Eastlake, OH
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- 43001
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | EMW2014FH00259 | $640,173 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO02615 | $220,286 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Eastlake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #586 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,089 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Eastlake Fire Department is 3.9% of Lake County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 761 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Summit Fire Protection District - Oakley Station, UT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.