Department profile

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Baltic Fire and Rescue Department

Baltic, OH · Tuscarawas County. Baltic Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department and 23 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.

23
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Baltic Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.

34th pct.
national personnel size
-23%
vs. Ohio average
$764,905
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
80/100
Baltic Fire and Rescue 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$33,257 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
23 personnel

Baltic Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Baltic, OH (Tuscarawas County) and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,909 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $764,905.

  • National personnel rank #14,909 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #864 of 1,108
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 19 other listed departments in Tuscarawas County

Baltic Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 79003 · Baltic Fire and Rescue Department, OH 23 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,909
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hayes County Rura…
  • FEMA-MID $765K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hayes County Rural Fire Protection District, NE (+ 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
Baltic, OH
FDID
79003

FEMA Grant History

$765K
Cumulative funding (FY2016)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FR00398 $764,905

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Baltic Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #864 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,909 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 23% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Baltic Fire and Rescue Department is 6.0% of Tuscarawas County roster mass

The county lists 20 departments totaling 384 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 75% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Hayes County Rural Fire Protection District, NE (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Dennison Fire Department
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Gnadenhutten Fire Department
Gnadenhutten · volunteer
Mineral City Volunteer Fire Department
Mineral City · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

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

Hayes County Rural Fire Protection District, NE 23 Zumbro Falls Fire Department, MN 23 Menahga Fire Department, MN 23 Eagle Bend Fire Department, MN 23 Grimes Fire and Rescue Department, IA 23 Orangeburg Volunteer Fire Department, KY 23 Pocahontas Fire Department, IA 23 Springview Fire and Rescue, NE 23

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Baltic Fire and Rescue Department have?

Baltic Fire and Rescue Department has 23 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 23% below the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #14,909 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #864 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Baltic Fire and Rescue Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Baltic Fire and Rescue Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Baltic Fire and Rescue Department operate?

Station count data for Baltic Fire and Rescue Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Baltic Fire and Rescue Department?

Baltic Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Tuscarawas County, OH. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Baltic Fire and Rescue Department received federal grants?

Yes, Baltic Fire and Rescue Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $764,905 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Ohio?

Ohio has 1,501 fire departments with 44,930 total personnel. 62% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.