Ohio Fire Department Personnel

Personnel (fire department membership) numbers vary by region, by state and even by county. Recruiting is critical to fire department success, see National Volunteer Fire Council’s Make Me a Firefighter and National Volunteer Fire Council’s Recruiting Resources. Check out how your department’s numbers compare to those around you, to see how your recruitment and retention investments are fairing.

This information is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.

Department Type

NOTE: In the USFA National Fire Service Registry data for Ohio there are 2 departments NOT classified, and so NOT included in these statistics. Departments should register as Career, Mostly Career, Volunteer or Mostly Volunteer but we do not have it for these 2 departments .

Volunteer Departments of Ohio

Here are the average numbers of volunteer firefighters for each county within Ohio, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Volunteer Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Adams	8	20	35	12
Allen	10	31	74	17
Ashland	9	25	51	17
Ashtabula	19	23	41	12
Athens	11	23	32	15
Auglaize	8	29	46	21
Belmont	17	29	70	10
Brown	9	26	50	14
Butler	14	47	80	20
Carroll	11	19	35	12
Champaign	5	28	35	15
Clark	12	45	92	14
Clermont	13	44	63	24
Clinton	8	26	35	15
Columbiana	20	25	35	14
Coshocton	5	26	37	17
Crawford	9	26	40	17
Cuyahoga	13	36	59	23
Darke	13	25	32	16
Defiance	9	42	130	15
Delaware	9	32	43	24
Erie	11	29	51	12
Fairfield	8	41	60	30
Fayette	5	24	37	14
Franklin	3	48	60	27
Fulton	6	33	42	25
Gallia	9	24	36	14
Geauga	12	36	86	15
Greene	9	39	64	13
Guernsey	9	21	31	14
Hamilton	22	41	97	20
Hancock	9	25	35	18
Hardin	8	20	30	12
Harrison	11	22	34	10
Henry	6	31	44	19
Highland	6	33	79	14
Hocking	6	22	40	16
Holmes	7	34	51	16
Huron	8	28	38	21
Jackson	8	20	33	10
Jefferson	22	23	50	10
Knox	5	34	51	26
Lake	9	34	66	15
Lawrence	14	22	37	14
Licking	13	39	70	23
Logan	10	24	50	16
Lorain	14	27	33	21
Lucas	9	46	103	25
Madison	4	28	42	14
Mahoning	17	38	128	17
Marion	8	27	36	22
Medina	14	33	52	22
Meigs	12	23	39	15
Mercer	8	25	30	18
Miami	9	28	41	16
Monroe	8	21	31	14
Montgomery	13	45	71	15
Morgan	4	20	25	12
Morrow	3	30	32	28
Muskingum	11	35	64	20
Noble	3	23	30	15
Ottawa	11	33	80	14
Paulding	6	26	36	20
Perry	10	24	33	14
Pickaway	4	25	36	16
Pike	7	18	27	14
Portage	16	29	47	11
Preble	10	28	46	13
Putnam	7	35	40	25
Richland	11	34	46	26
Ross	14	33	75	15
Sandusky	8	34	60	15
Scioto	14	29	44	17
Seneca	8	31	50	23
Shelby	10	26	40	17
Stark	21	34	73	15
Summit	16	35	64	17
Trumbull	27	28	51	7
Tuscarawas	16	22	41	13
Union	6	37	50	22
Unspecified County	14	30	50	17
Van Wert	6	27	36	21
Vinton	5	21	32	14
Warren	12	46	101	18
Washington	12	29	38	20
Wayne	16	31	50	10
Williams	10	25	36	10
Wood	18	34	62	21
Wyandot	7	28	36	20

Career Departments of Ohio

Here are the average numbers of career firefighters for each county within Ohio, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Career Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Allen	3	48	71	36
Ashland	1	33	–	–
Ashtabula	2	26	28	23
Athens	1	22	–	–
Auglaize	2	16	17	15
Belmont	2	36	43	29
Butler	4	87	118	37
Champaign	1	23	–	–
Clark	1	127	–	–
Clermont	2	76	90	62
Clinton	1	25	–	–
Columbiana	2	16	16	16
Coshocton	1	18	–	–
Crawford	2	16	16	16
Cuyahoga	39	59	790	19
Darke	1	23	–	–
Defiance	1	28	–	–
Delaware	4	52	65	21
Erie	1	53	–	–
Fairfield	4	55	92	22
Franklin	18	142	1545	18
Fulton	1	22	–	–
Geauga	2	35	50	20
Greene	3	56	74	42
Guernsey	1	19	–	–
Hamilton	15	103	765	25
Hancock	1	64	–	–
Hardin	1	13	–	–
Huron	1	18	–	–
Jefferson	1	36	–	–
Knox	1	36	–	–
Lake	7	50	111	26
Lawrence	1	16	–	–
Licking	3	72	102	19
Logan	1	21	–	–
Lorain	7	42	79	12
Lucas	3	210	494	66
Madison	2	34	50	17
Mahoning	2	94	148	39
Marion	2	44	65	23
Medina	1	30	–	–
Mercer	1	25	–	–
Miami	2	33	38	27
Montgomery	9	91	340	31
Muskingum	3	31	53	16
Pickaway	2	27	40	13
Portage	3	23	34	14
Richland	2	59	92	25
Ross	2	29	42	15
Sandusky	1	26	–	–
Scioto	2	25	39	10
Seneca	2	30	39	20
Shelby	1	38	–	–
Stark	6	68	147	30
Summit	8	86	360	21
Trumbull	3	36	65	13
Tuscarawas	2	24	24	23
Union	2	41	55	26
Van Wert	1	24	–	–
Warren	2	50	51	49
Washington	1	35	–	–
Wayne	1	45	–	–
Wood	2	44	51	37

Department Types of Ohio

Here are the department types by county for volunteer and career agencies in for Ohio.

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