Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Gainesville Fire Department

Gainesville, GA · Hall County. Gainesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 82 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.

82
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Gainesville Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Georgia average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+382%
vs. Georgia average
4
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
40/100
Gainesville Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity C
20.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
82 personnel · 4 stations

Gainesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Gainesville, GA (Hall County), with 4 stations and 82 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,392 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,392 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #42 of 328
  • 4.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Hall County

Gainesville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

82 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 06903 · Gainesville Fire Department, GA 82 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 82
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,392
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westbrook
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Westbrook Fire Department, CT (+ 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 GA department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Gainesville, GA
FDID
06903

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2009 EMW2008FF00457 $-235,024

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Gainesville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #42 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,392 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 382% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster geometry

Hall County HIFLD mix around Gainesville Fire Department

Hall County: 5 departments, 341 personnel (0 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 82 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Westbrook Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Hall County Fire Services
Gainesville · career
Hall County Fire Services
Flowery Branch · other
All GA departments →

Nationwide career peers near 82 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.

Westbrook Fire Department, CT 82 Waterford Township Fire Department, MI 82 Cleveland Fire Department, TN 82 Turn of River, CT 82 Goldsboro Fire Department, NC 82 Miami Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services - Central Station, OH 82 Prattville Fire Department, AL 82 Allen Fire Department, TX 82

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Gainesville Fire Department have?

Gainesville Fire Department has 82 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 382% above the Georgia average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,392 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within GA, it ranks #42 of 328 by personnel.

Does Gainesville Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Gainesville Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Gainesville Fire Department operate?

Gainesville Fire Department operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Gainesville Fire Department?

Gainesville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hall County, GA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Gainesville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Gainesville Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $-235,024 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2009.

How many fire departments are in Georgia?

Georgia has 868 fire departments with 14,656 total personnel. 30% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.