Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMeridian Fire Department
Meridian, ID · Ada County. Meridian Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Meridian Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +147%
- vs. Idaho average
- 3
- stations
- $8,796,858
- 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.
Meridian Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Meridian, ID (Ada County), with 3 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,540 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $8,796,858.
- National personnel rank #5,540 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #31 of 152
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Ada County
Meridian Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 01313 · Meridian Fire Department, ID 42 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,540
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Michigan Air Nati…
- FEMA-HEAVY $8.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Michigan Air National Guard Fire Department - Battle Creek-Dod, MI (+ 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 ID department.
- Meridian (this dept) 42
- High Ellerslie Volunte…, MD 42
- Near Michigan Air Nati…, MI 42
- Near Northfield Volunt…, CT 42
- Near Schuyler Heights…, NY 42
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Meridian, ID
- County
- Ada County
- FDID
- 01313
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-04773 | $212,370 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FF-00747 | $8,141,044.08 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FP-0175 | $443,444 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Meridian Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #31 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,540 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster fringe
Meridian Fire Department is 7.9% of Ada County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 533 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Michigan Air National Guard Fire Department - Battle Creek-Dod, MI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.