Lorain, OH

County incident profile · 2020–2024

546,081
5-Year Incidents
84
Departments
312,902
Population
349
Incidents / 1K / Yr
Data disclaimer: Based on the NFIRS Public Data Release (2020-2024). NFIRS is voluntarily reported and may not include all departments or incidents. Some departments have missing years or incomplete records. Totals shown reflect data as submitted and may not represent complete activity.

Incident Composition (2020–2024)

EMS / Rescue
378,454 (69.3%)
Service Calls
43,592 (8%)
Good Intent
43,464 (8%)
False Alarms
34,535 (6.3%)
Fire
18,677 (3.4%)

Summary

109,216
Avg Incidents / Year
69.3%
EMS Share
3.4%
Fire Share
6.3%
False Alarm Rate
+22%
5-Year Trend
84
Departments
Showing 84 of 84
Department 5-Year Incidents Fire % EMS % False Alarm % Trend
Mentor Fire Department 38,725 1% 73% 7.4% +32.1%
West Licking Jt Fire District 37,624 2.1% 79.7% 4.8% +56.8%
Mt Vernon Fire Department 28,224 1.9% 87.3% 2.6% +14%
Willoughby Fire Department 26,032 2% 76.9% 6.4% +11.7%
Elyria Fire Department 25,571 2.7% 66.8% 9.8% +48.4%
North Ridgeville Fire Departme 24,524 1.4% 84.1% 4.4% +42%
Painesville City Fire Departme 20,213 1.6% 69.6% 4.6% -9.1%
Newark Fire Department 19,666 4.6% 37.3% 9.3% +3.1%
Avon Fire Department 18,851 2% 80.7% 8% +42%
Madison Fire District 17,932 1.7% 72% 4.6% +25.8%
Eastlake Fire Department 15,938 1.9% 70.2% 5.5% +26.8%
Avon Lake Fire Department 15,354 1.5% 68.2% 8.2% +21%
Painesville Twp Fire Departmen 15,150 2.3% 62.6% 4.4% +8.8%
Concord Twp Fire Department 14,584 2.4% 66% 6.5% +25.9%
Bellefontaine Fire Department 14,435 2.1% 80.5% 2.9% +14.9%
Wickliffe Fire Department 13,901 2.5% 74.3% 5% +16.5%
Monroe Twp Fire Department 12,324 2.6% 67.9% 7.7% +18.3%
Willoughby Hills Fire Departme 11,461 3% 70.5% 6.1% -2.3%
Willowick Fire Department 11,416 2.2% 77.5% 7.1% +6.4%
Wintersville Volunteer Fire Department 11,159 1.8% 85.4% 1.6% -38.1%
Granville Twp Fire Department 11,134 3.4% 57.9% 10.6% +30.5%
Lorain Fire Department 10,741 13.1% 20.7% 25.7% +61.8%
Sheffield Village Fire Departm 7,970 3.1% 81.8% 4.2% -25%
Perry Jt Fire District 7,555 3.9% 61.6% 5.1% +13.6%
Eastern Knox County Joint Fire District 7,279 4.3% 83.5% 2.2% +12.2%
Mentoronthelake Fire Depart 6,558 1.7% 64.7% 3.9% -8.3%
Licking Twp Fire Company 6,470 4.7% 69.1% 2.2% +13.9%
Kirtland Fire Department 6,443 3.6% 63.1% 7.8% +23.2%
Sheffield Lake Fire Department 6,152 2.4% 80.2% 3.8% +36.9%
Central Ohio Jt Fire District 5,436 3.5% 82% 3.6% +7.6%
Fairport Harbor Fire Departmen 5,320 3.3% 59% 2.6% +17.6%
Oberlin Fire Department 5,299 3.8% 56.8% 22% +28.4%
Amherst Fire Department 5,179 5% 65.3% 11.1% +16%
Ironton Fire Department 4,357 5.9% 19.4% 7.9% -0.2%
Newton Twp Vol Fire Department 3,017 6.1% 63.2% 1.8% +168.2%
Leroy Twp Fire Department 2,923 11.1% 56.7% 3.5% +21.4%
Newark Twp Fire Department 2,538 11.7% 54% 3.4% +429.6%
Mary Ann Twp Vol Fire Departme 2,517 7.7% 70% 1.4% +259.8%
Wellington Comm Fire Dist 2,485 5.2% 54.5% 9.5% +7.8%
Fayette Twp Fire Dist 2,263 12.1% 52.7% 10.3% -24.4%
Rome Volunteer Fire Department Inc 2,120 12.8% 47.1% 20.8% +6.1%
Hartford Township Fire Department 2,111 6.8% 68.9% 3% +5.3%
Buckeye Lake Village Fire Dept 2,034 5.7% 65.6% 4.4% +458.8%
Grand River Fire Department 1,944 7.2% 54.2% 3.8% -60.2%
St Albans Twp Fire Department 1,843 5% 52.4% 2.3% +443.6%
Chesapeakeunion Twp Fire Depa 1,772 13.3% 50.9% 6.3% +15.5%
Tiltonsville Vol Fire Departme 1,692 2.2% 73% 0.7% +11.2%
Bladensburg Fire District 1,687 8.5% 71% 1.1% +54.4%
Unionport Vol Fire Rescue 1,617 8.1% 74.6% 1.4% +2.5%
Homer Fire District 1,566 9% 60.5% 2.7% +449.5%
Hanover Volunteer Fire Department Inc 1,474 10.9% 60.4% 5.2% +642.5%
Fredericktown Community Fire District 1,434 20.3% 21.8% 8.3% +7.2%
Huntsville Fire Department 1,399 4.3% 73.2% 2% -14.4%
South Amherst Fire Department 1,268 12.1% 66.1% 4.2% -0.4%
West Liberty Fire Department 1,257 20% 38.4% 13.4% +44.4%
Tri Valley Fire District 1,242 6% 79.5% 1.9% +6.6%
County Line Fire District 1,094 7.8% 61.8% 4.5% +272%
National Trail Fire Department 977 16.8% 44.7% 3% +25.8%
Hillindale Vol Fire Department 965 4.1% 68.4% 0.5% -60.1%
Grafton Village Fire Departmen 903 6.3% 74.5% 5.5% -70.4%
Proctorville Vol Fire Dep 896 27.7% 30.9% 7.9% +40.1%
Perry Twp Vol Fire Department 814 8.7% 73.6% 1.1% -66.3%
Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department 768 14.2% 6.9% 5.1% +53.3%
Lakeview Fire Department 768 12.9% 37.5% 9.9% -21.7%
Camden Twp Fire Department 648 13.9% 66.4% 2.5% +55.1%
Indian Jt Fire District 636 8.5% 22% 16.2% +24.4%
Elizabeth Twp Vol Fire Departm 636 16.7% 42% 5.3% +80.7%
Coal Grove Vol Fire Department 621 4.7% 56.8% 4.3% -20%
Richland Twp Fire Department 480 23.8% 37.3% 4.8% +1.9%
South Point Vol Fire Departmen 478 20.7% 44.4% 7.5% -76.5%
Lawrence Twp Vol Fire Departme 444 19.1% 41% 1.8% +25.6%
East Springfield Vol Fire Depa 427 5.4% 82% 0.5% +153.1%
Aid Township Volunteer Fire Department 422 21.3% 41.7% 2.6% +240%
Pleasant Hill Vol Fire Departm 380 12.9% 62.6% 2.4% -76.8%
Hamilton Twp Vol Fire Departme 369 10.8% 37.7% 23.3% +82.2%
Pottery Addition Vol Fire Depa 322 17.7% 21.1% 7.8% -16.9%
Windsor Twp Vol Fire Departmen 321 22.7% 50.5% 1.9% +13.5%
Upper Twp Vol Fire Department 299 18.4% 59.5% 2.3% +64.4%
Degraff Fire Department 292 30.5% 26.7% 2.7% +27.3%
Stratton Vol Fire Department 233 7.3% 71.2% 0.4% -37.3%
Belvedere Vol Fire Department 221 22.2% 51.6% 0.9% +410%
Quincymiami Twp Fire Departme 217 38.7% 27.6% 3.2% +116.7%
Bokescreek Twp Fire Department 148 35.1% 22.3% 6.1% -36.4%
Rushcreek Twp Fire Department 122 33.6% 29.5% 9.8% +27.3%
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