Department profile

Volunteer

Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department

Newcomerstown, OH · Coshocton County. Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. 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
No
EMS service

The verdict

Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department 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
Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department

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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newcomerstown, OH (Coshocton 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 #16,679 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,679 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #934 of 1,108
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 6 other listed departments in Coshocton County

Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department 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 16215 · Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department, OH 20 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #16,679
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mathias Baker Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, WV (+ 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
Newcomerstown, OH
FDID
16215

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #934 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,679 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 geometry

Coshocton County HIFLD mix around Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department

Coshocton County: 8 departments, 159 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

Photo-finish peer: Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, WV (+0 personnel).

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

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West Lafayette Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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