Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEaston Fire Department
Easton, PA · Northampton County. Easton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Easton Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +29%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 3
- stations
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.
Easton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Easton, PA (Northampton County), with 3 stations and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,802 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,802 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #507 of 1,275
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Northampton County
Easton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 48020 · Easton Fire Department, PA 45 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,802
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clay County Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clay County Fire Rescue - Keystone Heights, 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 PA department.
- Easton (this dept) 45
- High Stratton Air Nati…, NY 45
- Near Clay County Fire…, FL 45
- Near Esperance Volunte…, NY 45
- Near Central Bridge, NY 45
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Easton, PA
- County
- Northampton County
- FDID
- 48020
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Easton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #507 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,802 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Easton Fire Department is 3.2% of Northampton County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,411 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clay County Fire Rescue - Keystone Heights, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.