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Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Bethesda, OH · Belmont County. Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.

35
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.

Top 34%
national personnel size
+17%
vs. Ohio average
1
station
$647,147
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
70/100
Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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 B
35 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 B
$18,490 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
35 personnel · 1 station

Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Bethesda, OH (Belmont County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,613 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $647,147.

  • National personnel rank #7,613 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #404 of 1,108
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 23 other listed departments in Belmont County

Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 07009 · Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH 35 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,613
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ LA Porte City Fir…
  • FEMA-MID $647K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: LA Porte City Fire and Rescue, 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 OH department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Bethesda, OH
FDID
07009

FEMA Grant History

$647K
Cumulative funding (FY2021–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-01316 $280,952.38
2021 EMW-2021-FF-01904 $366,195

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

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #404 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,613 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 17% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services is 4.4% of Belmont County roster mass

The county lists 26 departments totaling 791 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: LA Porte City Fire and Rescue, IA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Barnesville Volunteer Fire Department
Barnesville · volunteer
Belmont County Fire Department
Saint Clairsville · career
Belmont County Fire Department
Bellaire · career
Belmont County Fire Department
Bellaire · volunteer
Belmont Volunteer Fire Department
Belmont · volunteer
Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department
Bridgeport · volunteer
All OH departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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

LA Porte City Fire and Rescue, IA 35 Creston Rural Fire District, MT 35 Battle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NE 35 Kalispell Fire Department, MT 35 Pineville City Fire Department, KY 35 Shell Martinez Refining Company Fire Brigade, CA 35 Pearisburg Volunteer Fire Department, VA 35 Swansboro Fire Department, NC 35

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services have?

Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services has 35 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 17% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #7,613 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #404 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services operate?

Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services?

Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Belmont County, OH. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, Bethesda Fire and Emergency Medical Services has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $647,147.38 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2021–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

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.