Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBrilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Brilliant, OH · Jefferson County. Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- -7%
- vs. Ohio 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.
Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Brilliant, OH (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,362 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,362 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #661 of 1,108
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 41009 · Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, OH 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,362
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saltillo
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saltillo Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Brilliant Volunte… (this dept) 28
- High Corinth Volunteer, KY 28
- Near Saltillo, MS 28
- Near Jacks Isle Volunt…, AR 28
- Near Forman Fire Prote…, ND 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Brilliant, OH
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 41009
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #661 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,362 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 4.0% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 695 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saltillo Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.