Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGary Fire Department
Gary, IN · Lake County. Gary Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 14 stations and 355 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.
- 355
- Total personnel
- 14
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gary Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1443%
- vs. Indiana average
- 14
- stations
- $758,043
- 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.
Gary Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Gary, IN (Lake County), with 14 stations and 355 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #87 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $758,043.
- National personnel rank #87 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #2 of 589
- 3.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Lake County
Gary Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
355 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 45007 · Gary Fire Department, IN 355 personnel · 14 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 355
- STA-MULTI 14 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #87
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Walker County Eme…
- FEMA-MID $758K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Walker County Emergency Services, GA ( -1 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 IN department.
- High Fresno County Fir…, CA 357
- Gary (this dept) 355
- Near Walker County Eme…, GA 354
- Near Saint Petersburg…, FL 354
- Low Fresno City, CA 350
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Gary, IN
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- 45007
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00183 | $0.45 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO04597 | $758,044 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FH00740 | $-1 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Gary Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #2 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #87 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 14
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Gary Fire Department carries 25.7% of Lake County HIFLD personnel
Among 34 listed departments (1,380 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 41% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 355 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Walker County Emergency Services, GA (-1 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 355 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.