Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHighland Hills Fire Department
Highland Hills, OH · Cuyahoga County. Highland Hills Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Highland Hills Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- 46th pct.
- national personnel size
- -10%
- vs. Ohio average
- 1
- station
- $484,571
- 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.
Highland Hills Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Highland Hills, OH (Cuyahoga County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,087 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $484,571.
- National personnel rank #12,087 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #720 of 1,108
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 52 other listed departments in Cuyahoga County
Highland Hills Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 18401 · Highland Hills Fire Department, OH 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,087
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Town of Tazewell…
- FEMA-LIGHT $485K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Town of Tazewell Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Highland Hills (this dept) 27
- High Glade Spring Volu…, VA 27
- Near Town of Tazewell…, VA 27
- Near Petal, MS 27
- Near Cedar Valley Fire…, ND 27
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Highland Hills, OH
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- FDID
- 18401
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-04448 | $284,571.42 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FV-01208 | $200,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Highland Hills Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #720 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,087 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Highland Hills Fire Department is 0.9% of Cuyahoga County roster mass
The county lists 71 departments totaling 3,053 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Town of Tazewell Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.