Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Hobart Fire Department

Hobart, OK · Kiowa County. Hobart Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 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.

21
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hobart Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Oklahoma average.

27th pct.
national personnel size
+75%
vs. Oklahoma average
1
station

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
42/100
Hobart 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
21 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
21 personnel · 1 station

Hobart Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hobart, OK (Kiowa County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,298 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,298 of 22,440
  • OK personnel rank #165 of 513
  • 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Kiowa County

Hobart Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 38003 · Hobart Fire Department, OK 21 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,298
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Silver Bay Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Silver Bay Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+ 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 OK department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Hobart, OK
FDID
38003

Staffing vs the Oklahoma average

How Hobart Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #165 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,298 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 75% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
OK departments
1,049

County roster weight

Hobart Fire Department carries 26.3% of Kiowa County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (80 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Silver Bay Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel

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