Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBlue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated
Blue Ridge Summit, PA · Franklin County. Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- -23%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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.
Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Blue Ridge Summit, PA (Franklin County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,948 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,948 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,010 of 1,275
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Franklin County
Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 28004 · Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated, PA 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,948
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cresbard
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cresbard Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Blue Ridge Mounta… (this dept) 27
- High Millville Fire an…, MA 27
- Near Cresbard, SD 27
- Near Princeton, WV 27
- Near Richfield, MN 27
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Blue Ridge Summit, PA
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- 28004
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,010 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,948 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Blue Ridge Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad Incorporated is 2.7% of Franklin County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 1,004 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cresbard Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.