Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company

Amsterdam, OH · Carroll County. Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.

26th pct.
national personnel size
-33%
vs. Ohio average
1
station

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company

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.

Staffing capacity D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Amsterdam, OH (Carroll County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,642 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,642 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #931 of 1,108
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Carroll County

Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

20 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 41203 · Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company, OH 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grafton Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Grafton Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Amsterdam, OH
FDID
41203

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #931 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,642 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 33% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Company is 9.8% of Carroll County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 205 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Grafton Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.