Department profile

Volunteer

Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department

Blanchester, OH · Clinton County. Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. 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
No
EMS service

The verdict

Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.

Top 34%
national personnel size
+17%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
77/100
Blanchester-Marion Township 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 B
35 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
35 personnel · 1 station

Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Blanchester, OH (Clinton 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 #7,619 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,619 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #405 of 1,108
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Clinton County

Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department 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 14001 · Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH 35 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #7,619
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Horicon Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Horicon Volunteer Fire Department, 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Blanchester, OH
FDID
14001

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #405 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,619 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 geometry

Clinton County HIFLD mix around Blanchester-Marion Township Volunteer Fire Department

Clinton County: 11 departments, 254 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

Photo-finish peer: Horicon Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Clinton Highland Joint Fire District
New Vienna · volunteer
Clinton South Joint Fire District
Midland · volunteer
Clinton-Warren Joint Fire and Rescue
Clarksville · volunteer
Martinsville Fire Department
Martinsville · volunteer
Port William Fire Department
Port William · volunteer
Wilmington Fire Rescue
Wilmington · career
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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