Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division

Tiffin, OH · Seneca County. Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 40 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.

40
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.

Top 28%
national personnel size
+33%
vs. Ohio average
2
stations
$2,755,505
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
64/100
Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division

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
20 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 A
$68,888 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
40 personnel · 2 stations

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division is a Career (Paid) department serving Tiffin, OH (Seneca County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,366 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,755,505.

  • National personnel rank #6,366 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #306 of 1,108
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Seneca County

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 74017 · Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division, OH 40 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,366
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Windham
  • FEMA-MID $2.8M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Windham Fire Department, NH (+ 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
Tiffin, OH
FDID
74017

FEMA Grant History

$2.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2023)
6
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-00172 $252,428.57
2017 EMW-2017-FV-90006 $227,273
2016 EMW2015FV90102 $1,000,000
2014 EMW2013FH00521 $771,860
2012 EMW-2012-FO-0434 $223,660
2009 EMW-2009-FH-0117 $280,283

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

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #306 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,366 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 33% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division is 9.9% of Seneca County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 404 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Windham Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Green Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Green Springs · volunteer
All OH departments →

Nationwide career peers near 40 personnel

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

Windham Fire Department, NH 40 Ashton Fire Department, IA 40 Kensington Fire Department and Rescue, NH 40 Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department, TN 40 Hopewell Bureau of Fire, VA 40 Booneville Fire Department, MS 40 Caledonia Fire Department, WI 40 Ceres Emergency Services, CA 40

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division have?

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division has 40 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 33% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,366 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #306 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division provide EMS services?

Yes, Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division operate?

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division?

Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division is a Career (Paid) department serving Seneca County, OH. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division received federal grants?

Yes, Tiffin Fire and Rescue Division has received 6 FEMA grants totaling $2,755,504.57 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

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.