Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMadison Fire District
Madison, OH · Lake County. Madison Fire District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Madison Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- +13%
- vs. Ohio average
- 3
- stations
- $225,523
- 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.
Madison Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Madison, OH (Lake County), with 3 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,408 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $225,523.
- National personnel rank #8,408 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #466 of 1,108
- 8.82 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Lake County
Madison Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 43200 · Madison Fire District, OH 34 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,408
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pelican Fire and…
- FEMA-LIGHT $226K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pelican Fire and Rescue, WI (+ 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.
- Madison Fire Dist… (this dept) 34
- High Cherokee Springs, SC 34
- Near Pelican Fire and…, WI 34
- Near Springfield Towns…, PA 34
- Near Pine Township Eng…, PA 34
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Madison, OH
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- 43200
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-01466 | $225,522.72 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Madison Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #466 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,408 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Madison Fire District is 4.5% of Lake County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 761 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pelican Fire and Rescue, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.