Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Perry Joint Fire District

Perry, OH · Lake County. Perry Joint Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 30 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.

30
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Perry Joint Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.

Top 47%
national personnel size
+0%
vs. Ohio average
2
stations
$408,526
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
36/100
Perry Joint Fire District

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 D
15 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 C
$13,618 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
30 personnel · 2 stations

Perry Joint Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Perry, OH (Lake County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,561 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $408,526.

  • National personnel rank #10,561 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #608 of 1,108
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Lake County

Perry Joint Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 43109 · Perry Joint Fire District, OH 30 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Silver Lake
  • FEMA-LIGHT $409K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Silver Lake 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Perry, OH
FDID
43109

FEMA Grant History

$409K
Cumulative funding (FY2012)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2012 EMW2011FR00032 $408,526

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

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Perry Joint Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #608 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,561 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Perry Joint Fire District is 3.9% 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.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Silver Lake Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Eastlake · career
Fairport Harbor Fire Department
Fairport Harbor · volunteer
Grand River Fire Department
Grand River · volunteer
Kirtland Fire Department
Kirtland · volunteer
Leroy Township Fire Department
Painesville · volunteer
Madison Fire District
Madison · volunteer
Mentor Fire Department
Mentor · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 30 personnel

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

Silver Lake Fire Department, MN 30 Grove City Volunteer Fire Department, PA 30 Niceville Fire Department, FL 30 Winona Lake Fire Department, IN 30 Fernandina Beach Fire Department, FL 30 Del Mar Fire Department, CA 30 Big Bear Lake Fire Protection District, CA 30 Canandaigua Fire Rescue, NY 30

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Perry Joint Fire District have?

Perry Joint Fire District has 30 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 0% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #10,561 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #608 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Perry Joint Fire District provide EMS services?

Yes, Perry Joint Fire District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Perry Joint Fire District operate?

Perry Joint Fire District operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Perry Joint Fire District?

Perry Joint Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Lake County, OH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Perry Joint Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Perry Joint Fire District has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $408,526 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2012.

How many fire departments are in Ohio?

Ohio has 1,501 fire departments with 44,930 total personnel. 62% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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