Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMinneapolis Fire Department
Minneapolis, MN · Hennepin County. Minneapolis Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 19 stations and 445 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.
- 445
- Total personnel
- 19
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Minneapolis Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Minnesota average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +2019%
- vs. Minnesota average
- 19
- stations
- $5,381,788
- 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.
Minneapolis Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Minneapolis, MN (Hennepin County), with 19 stations and 445 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #66 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,381,788.
- National personnel rank #66 of 22,440
- MN personnel rank #1 of 614
- 4.27 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 32 other listed departments in Hennepin County
Minneapolis Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
445 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 27218 · Minneapolis Fire Department, MN 445 personnel · 19 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 445
- STA-MULTI 19 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #66
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Henrico County Di…
- FEMA-HEAVY $5.4M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Henrico County Division of Fire, VA ( -5 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 MN department.
- High Yonkers, NY 459
- Near Greensboro, NC 459
- Near Tacoma, WA 455
- Minneapolis (this dept) 445
- Low Henrico County Di…, VA 440
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- County
- Hennepin County
- FDID
- 27218
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01082 | $4,575,098.7 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO07126 | $498,689 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0484 | $308,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Minnesota average
How Minneapolis Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Minnesota. In-state it ranks #1 of 614 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #66 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 19
- State fire deaths/yr
- 48
- MN departments
- 883
County roster weight
Minneapolis Fire Department carries 25.8% of Hennepin County HIFLD personnel
Among 45 listed departments (1,725 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 47% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (19 stations / 445 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Henrico County Division of Fire, VA (-5 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 445 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MN department.