Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Oklahoma City Fire Department

Oklahoma City, OK · Oklahoma County. Oklahoma City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 35 stations and 1,031 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.

1,031
Total personnel
35
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Oklahoma City Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Oklahoma average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+8492%
vs. Oklahoma average
35
stations
$4,540,886
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
66/100
Oklahoma City Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
29.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
1,031 personnel · 35 stations

Oklahoma City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Oklahoma City, OK (Oklahoma County), with 35 stations and 1,031 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,540,886.

  • National personnel rank #20 of 22,440
  • OK personnel rank #1 of 513
  • 3.39 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Oklahoma County

Oklahoma City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

1,031 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 55013 · Oklahoma City Fire Department, OK 1,031 personnel · 35 stations

PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-METRO 1,031
  • STA-SYSTEM 35 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #20
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cleveland
  • FEMA-MID $4.5M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cleveland Fire Department, OH ( -3 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 OK department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Oklahoma City, OK
FDID
55013

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FH00577 $4,540,886

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Oklahoma average

How Oklahoma City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Oklahoma. In-state it ranks #1 of 513 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 8492% above the state average
Stations
35
State fire deaths/yr
68
OK departments
1,049

County roster weight

Oklahoma City Fire Department carries 59.9% of Oklahoma County HIFLD personnel

Among 29 listed departments (1,721 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 21% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.39 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (35 stations / 1,031 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cleveland Fire Department, OH (-3 personnel).

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Edmond Fire Department
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Forest Park Fire Department
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Harrah Volunteer Fire Department
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Nationwide career peers near 1,031 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OK department.

Cleveland Fire Department, OH 1,028 San Diego Fire - Rescue Department, CA 1,018 Kansas City Missouri Fire Department, MO 1,008 Seattle Fire Department, WA 1,078 Howard County Fire Department, MD 982 Charlotte Fire Department, NC 1,082 Clark County Fire Department, NV 1,085 Austin Fire Department, TX 1,100

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Oklahoma City Fire Department have?

Oklahoma City Fire Department has 1,031 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 8492% above the Oklahoma average of 12 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #20 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OK, it ranks #1 of 513 by personnel.

Does Oklahoma City Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Oklahoma City Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Oklahoma City Fire Department operate?

Oklahoma City Fire Department operates 35 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Oklahoma City Fire Department?

Oklahoma City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Oklahoma County, OK. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Oklahoma City Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Oklahoma City Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $4,540,886 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma has 1,049 fire departments with 12,710 total personnel. 44% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.