Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBrushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Sinking Spring, OH · Highland County. Brushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 17 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.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- -43%
- 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.
Brushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Sinking Spring, OH (Highland County), with 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,021 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,021 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #1,020 of 1,108
- 11.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Highland County
Brushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 36101 · Brushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH 17 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,021
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loman Rural
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Loman Rural Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Brushcreek Townsh… (this dept) 17
- High Pierre Airport Fi…, SD 17
- Near Loman Rural, MN 17
- Near New Danville Fire…, PA 17
- Near Newkirk Fire Depa…, OK 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sinking Spring, OH
- County
- Highland County
- FDID
- 36101
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Brushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #1,020 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,021 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
Brushcreek Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services is 9.7% of Highland County roster mass
The county lists 8 departments totaling 176 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Loman Rural Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.