Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWestlake Fire Department
Westlake, OH · Cuyahoga County. Westlake Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Westlake Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Ohio average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +67%
- vs. Ohio average
- 2
- stations
- $1,218,376
- 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.
Westlake Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Westlake, OH (Cuyahoga County), with 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,111 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,218,376.
- National personnel rank #4,111 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #173 of 1,108
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 52 other listed departments in Cuyahoga County
Westlake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 18097 · Westlake Fire Department, OH 50 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,111
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cottageville Volu…
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cottageville Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Westlake (this dept) 50
- High Queen Annes Count…, MD 50
- Near Cottageville Volu…, WV 50
- Near Alabama Volunteer, NY 50
- Near Independent Fire…, WV 50
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Westlake, OH
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- FDID
- 18097
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | EMW2012FO04412 | $225,206 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FR-0046 | $993,170 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Westlake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #173 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,111 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Westlake Fire Department is 1.6% 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.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cottageville Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.