Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderLexington Fire Department
Lexington, NC · Davidson County. Lexington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 48 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.
- 48
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lexington Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.
- Top 19%
- national personnel size
- +85%
- vs. North Carolina average
- 3
- 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.
Lexington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lexington, NC (Davidson County), with 3 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,296 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,296 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #173 of 932
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Davidson County
Lexington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 02908 · Lexington Fire Department, NC 48 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 48
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,296
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Richmond-Carolina…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Richmond-Carolina Fire District, RI (+ 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 NC department.
- Lexington (this dept) 48
- High Cameron, MO 48
- Near Richmond-Carolina…, RI 48
- Near North Scituate, RI 48
- Near Wyoming Air Natio…, WY 48
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Lexington, NC
- County
- Davidson County
- FDID
- 02908
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Lexington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #173 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,296 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster fringe
Lexington Fire Department is 4.3% of Davidson County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 1,126 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 48 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Richmond-Carolina Fire District, RI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 48 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.