Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBethel Township Fire Department
Tipp City, OH · Miami County. Bethel Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bethel Township Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +37%
- 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.
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.
Bethel Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Tipp City, OH (Miami County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,657 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,657 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #265 of 1,108
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Miami County
Bethel Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 55221 · Bethel Township Fire Department, OH 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,657
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spring Green Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Spring Green Fire Protection District, WI (+ 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.
- Bethel Township (this dept) 41
- High Nissequogue, NY 41
- Near Spring Green Fire…, WI 41
- Near Fergus Falls, MN 41
- Near Mineral Wells Vol…, WV 41
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Tipp City, OH
- County
- Miami County
- FDID
- 55221
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Bethel Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #265 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,657 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Miami County HIFLD mix around Bethel Township Fire Department
Miami County: 13 departments, 333 personnel (9 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 46% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Spring Green Fire Protection District, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.