Top 10 US States by Total Fire Department Personnel
NFIRS state-level rollup ranking US states by total fire-service personnel across career, volunteer, and combination departments. Rendered server-side from the live PlainFireData state_stats table.
Research
Original Fire-Data Research
Original data research from the PlainFireData editorial team. Every figure updates automatically as our source data refreshes; no numbers are hand-typed.
Top 10 US Fire Departments by AFG/SAFER Grant Funding
Department-level rollup of federal AFG (Assistance to Firefighters) and SAFER grant awards. Reflects the most recent FEMA grant disclosure data we have on file.
Top 10 US States by Annual Fire Deaths
USFA/NFIRS state-level rollup ranking US states by annual fire-death count and per-capita rate. Rendered server-side from the live state_stats table.
Top 10 US States by Volunteer Fire Department Share
Which US states rely most on volunteer fire departments, the state-level share of departments that are primarily volunteer, rendered live from the state_stats table.
Top 10 US States by Number of Career Fire Departments
US states ranked by the count of career (full-time paid) fire departments, a live state_stats rollup contrasting with the volunteer-share ranking.
What makes this research different?
Every figure on these pages updates automatically as our source data refreshes, nothing is hand-typed. The rankings draw on the HIFLD fire-station registry (DHS/CISA), USFA National Fire Statistics, FEMA AFG/SAFER grant disclosures, and 2023 US Census population estimates, so each result is auditable to the source row. Read the methodology for the full source list and refresh cadence.