Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderLancaster Fire Department
Lancaster, OH · Fairfield County. Lancaster Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 94 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.
- 94
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lancaster Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +213%
- vs. Ohio average
- 3
- stations
- $441,818
- 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.
Lancaster Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lancaster, OH (Fairfield County), with 3 stations and 94 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,082 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $441,818.
- National personnel rank #1,082 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #29 of 1,108
- 3.19 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Fairfield County
Lancaster Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
94 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 23011 · Lancaster Fire Department, OH 94 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 94
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,082
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Watertown
- FEMA-LIGHT $442K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Watertown Fire Department, MA (+ 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 OH department.
- Lancaster (this dept) 94
- High Lawrence Road Fir…, NJ 94
- Near Watertown, MA 94
- Near Plandome, NY 94
- Near New Hackensack Fi…, NY 94
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Lancaster, OH
- County
- Fairfield County
- FDID
- 23011
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04655 | $171,818 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FV02536 | $270,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Lancaster Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #29 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,082 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Fairfield County
County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.19 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 94 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Watertown Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 94 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.