Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBradford City Fire Department - Central
Bradford, PA · Mckean County. Bradford City Fire Department - Central is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bradford City Fire Department - Central pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 31st pct.
- national personnel size
- -37%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 2
- 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.
Bradford City Fire Department - Central is a Career (Paid) department serving Bradford, PA (Mckean County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,465 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,465 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,136 of 1,275
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Mckean County
Bradford City Fire Department - Central vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 42001 · Bradford City Fire Department - Central, PA 22 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,465
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Buckeye
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Buckeye Fire Department, IA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Bradford City Fir… (this dept) 22
- High Tygart Valley Fir…, WV 22
- Near Buckeye, IA 22
- Near Harrison Township…, IN 22
- Near Ward 1 Rural Fire…, LA 22
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Bradford, PA
- County
- Mckean County
- FDID
- 42001
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Bradford City Fire Department - Central's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,136 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,465 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Bradford City Fire Department - Central is 5.0% of Mckean County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 436 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Buckeye Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.