Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Buffalo 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association

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.

Staffing capacity D
19 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel · 1 station

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Sarver, PA
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.

▼ 46% below the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.