Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBorough of Chambersburg Fire Department
Chambersburg, PA · Franklin County. Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +46%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 3
- 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.
Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chambersburg, PA (Franklin County), with 3 stations and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,685 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,685 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #384 of 1,275
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Franklin County
Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 28001 · Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department, PA 51 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,685
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Watertown
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Watertown 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 PA department.
- Borough of Chambe… (this dept) 51
- High Salinas Rural Fir…, CA 51
- Near Watertown, WI 51
- Near Big Sur Volunteer…, CA 51
- Near Spencer Fire and…, MA 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chambersburg, PA
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- 28001
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #384 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,685 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department is 5.1% 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.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Watertown Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.