Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHarrisburg Bureau of Fire
Harrisburg, PA · Dauphin County. Harrisburg Bureau of Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 126 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.
- 126
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Harrisburg Bureau of Fire pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +260%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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.
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.
Harrisburg Bureau of Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Harrisburg, PA (Dauphin County), with 4 stations and 126 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #596 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #596 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #36 of 1,275
- 3.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Dauphin County
Harrisburg Bureau of Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
126 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 22001 · Harrisburg Bureau of Fire, PA 126 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 126
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #596
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Worcester County…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company, MD (+ 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.
- Harrisburg Bureau… (this dept) 126
- High Lake Charles, LA 126
- Near Worcester County…, MD 126
- Near Central Yavapai F…, AZ 126
- Near Westmoreland, NY 126
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Harrisburg, PA
- County
- Dauphin County
- FDID
- 22001
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Harrisburg Bureau of Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #36 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #596 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Harrisburg Bureau of Fire is 8.1% of Dauphin County roster mass
The county lists 38 departments totaling 1,558 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 126 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Worcester County Fire Department / Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 126 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.