Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderParma Heights Fire Department
Parma Heights, OH · Cuyahoga County. Parma Heights Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Parma Heights Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- -7%
- vs. Ohio average
- 1
- station
- $9,152,997
- 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.
Parma Heights Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Parma Heights, OH (Cuyahoga County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,696 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $9,152,997.
- National personnel rank #11,696 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #692 of 1,108
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 52 other listed departments in Cuyahoga County
Parma Heights Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 18083 · Parma Heights Fire Department, OH 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,696
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pequot Lakes
- FEMA-HEAVY $9.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pequot Lakes Fire Department, MN (+ 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 OH department.
- Parma Heights (this dept) 28
- High Ephratah Volunteer, NY 28
- Near Pequot Lakes, MN 28
- Near Altoona, WI 28
- Near Marcus Fire Depar…, IA 28
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Parma Heights, OH
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- FDID
- 18083
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-01383 | $262,906.36 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-04352 | $1,000,000 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-05926 | $543,936.59 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-11663 | $180,939.55 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00247 | $1,051,074 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00347 | $501,202.5 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FR-00276 | $421,364 |
| 2016 | EMW2014FH00614 | $794,286 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FH-0060 | $3,969,993 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FR-0014 | $427,295 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Parma Heights Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #692 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,696 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
Parma Heights Fire Department is 0.9% of Cuyahoga County roster mass
The county lists 71 departments totaling 3,053 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pequot Lakes Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.