Department profile
Career (Paid)Findlay Fire Department
Findlay, OH · Hancock County. Findlay Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 76 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 76
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Findlay Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +153%
- vs. Ohio average
- 4
- stations
- $282,720
- 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.
Findlay Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Findlay, OH (Hancock County), with 4 stations and 76 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,619 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $282,720.
- National personnel rank #1,619 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #59 of 1,108
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Hancock County
Findlay Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
76 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 32007 · Findlay Fire Department, OH 76 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 76
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,619
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rapids Volunteer…
- FEMA-LIGHT $283K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rapids Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- Findlay (this dept) 76
- High Wawayanda Volunte…, NY 76
- Near Rapids Volunteer…, NY 76
- Near Nevada County Con…, CA 76
- Near Waynesboro, PA 76
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Findlay, OH
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- 32007
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO01121 | $285,432 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FH00875 | $-2,712 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Findlay Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #59 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,619 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Hancock County
County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 76 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rapids Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 76 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.