Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBuffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association
Sarver, PA · Butler County. Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 20th pct.
- national personnel size
- -46%
- 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.
Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association is a Volunteer department serving Sarver, PA (Butler County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,896 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,896 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,197 of 1,275
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 38 other listed departments in Butler County
Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 10027 · Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association, PA 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,896
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scott City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scott City Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Buffalo Township… (this dept) 19
- High Camp Pharsalia Fi…, NY 19
- Near Scott City, MO 19
- Near City of Forsyth, GA 19
- Near Nekoma Fire Prote…, ND 19
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sarver, PA
- County
- Butler County
- FDID
- 10027
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,197 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,896 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
Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association is 1.6% of Butler County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 1,191 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scott City Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.