Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department
Mentor-On-The-Lake, OH · Lake County. Mentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +33%
- vs. Ohio average
- 1
- station
- $1,555,713
- 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.
Mentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mentor-On-The-Lake, OH (Lake County), with 1 station and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,162 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,555,713.
- National personnel rank #6,162 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #295 of 1,108
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Lake County
Mentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 43017 · Mentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department, OH 40 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,162
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Glencoe
- FEMA-MID $1.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Glencoe 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 OH department.
- Mentor-on-the-Lake (this dept) 40
- High Town of Duncan, SC 40
- Near Glencoe, MN 40
- Near North Okaloosa Fi…, FL 40
- Near Sharpsville Volun…, PA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mentor-On-The-Lake, OH
- County
- Lake County
- FDID
- 43017
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FV-90114 | $500,976.82 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO04245 | $198,638 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO03524 | $856,098 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Mentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #295 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,162 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
Mentor-on-the-Lake Fire Department is 5.3% 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.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Glencoe Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.