Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSeattle Fire Department
Seattle, WA · King County. Seattle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 35 stations and 1,078 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.
- 1,078
- Total personnel
- 35
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Seattle Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Washington average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +2814%
- vs. Washington average
- 35
- stations
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.
Seattle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Seattle, WA (King County), with 35 stations and 1,078 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19 of 22,440
- WA personnel rank #1 of 120
- 3.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in King County
Seattle Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,078 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 17M15 · Seattle Fire Department, WA 1,078 personnel · 35 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,078
- STA-SYSTEM 35 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #19
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Charlotte
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Charlotte Fire Department, NC (+ 4 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 WA department.
- High Austin, TX 1,100
- Near Clark County, NV 1,085
- Near Charlotte, NC 1,082
- Seattle (this dept) 1,078
- Low Oklahoma City, OK 1,031
Department Profile
- Type
- MAINLY PAID PROVIDERS
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- County
- King County
- FDID
- 17M15
Staffing vs the Washington average
How Seattle Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #1 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 35
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- WA departments
- 483
County roster weight
Seattle Fire Department carries 34.6% of King County HIFLD personnel
Among 41 listed departments (3,118 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 17% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (35 stations / 1,078 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Charlotte Fire Department, NC (+4 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,078 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.