Fire Departments by State

Name: US Fire Department Statistics by State
Creator: PlainFireData
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

All 50 states and DC: 38,514 departments and 1,034,476 personnel on record, aggregated from the HIFLD Fire Stations dataset (DHS/CISA) with fire-loss context from USFA National Fire Statistics. See our methodology.

Fire Safety Rankings

States ranked by fire death rate per million residents (lower = safer). Based on USFA national fire statistics.

Rank	State	Depts	Annual Fires	Fire Deaths	Vol. %
#1	Hawaii	43	5,800	6	2%
#2	District of Columbia	3	5,200	4	-
#3	Massachusetts	568	38,700	51	35%
#4	New Hampshire	293	10,100	10	63%
#5	New York	2,253	113,000	150	64%
#6	New Jersey	999	51,500	70	54%
#7	Utah	271	16,800	26	54%
#8	Rhode Island	111	8,700	9	38%
#9	Texas	1,879	162,000	241	58%
#10	Minnesota	883	28,000	48	68%
#11	California	1,309	168,000	346	40%
#12	Washington	483	38,900	68	58%
#13	Pennsylvania	2,427	73,800	115	67%
#14	Wisconsin	961	30,100	54	68%
#15	Connecticut	418	21,500	34	48%

All States A–Z

Data sources: Fire department profiles from HIFLD Fire Stations (DHS/CISA). Fire safety statistics from USFA National Fire Statistics. Department counts reflect stations with available federal data, not all departments in each state.

Compiled by PlainFireData Editorial, Fire Department Intelligence Editorial Team · June 2, 2026