Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company
Wilkes Barre, PA · Luzerne County. Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -29%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 2
- stations
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 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.
Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Wilkes Barre, PA (Luzerne County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,052 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,052 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,043 of 1,275
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 62 other listed departments in Luzerne County
Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 40003 · Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company, PA 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,052
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ellsworth Fire an…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ellsworth Fire and Emergency Medical Services, IA (+ 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 PA department.
- Bear Creek Townsh… (this dept) 25
- High Elysian, MN 25
- Near Ellsworth Fire an…, IA 25
- Near Cambria, CA 25
- Near Woodworth Volunte…, LA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wilkes Barre, PA
- County
- Luzerne County
- FDID
- 40003
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,043 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,052 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company is 0.8% of Luzerne County roster mass
The county lists 102 departments totaling 3,133 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ellsworth Fire and Emergency Medical Services, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.