Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCentral Fire District
Smithville, OH · Wayne County. Central Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Central Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +37%
- vs. Ohio 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.
Central Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Smithville, OH (Wayne County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,670 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,670 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #268 of 1,108
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Wayne County
Central Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 85027 · Central Fire District, OH 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,670
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wabash Township V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wabash Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Central Fire Dist… (this dept) 41
- High Hazard, KY 41
- Near Wabash Township V…, IN 41
- Near Hamilton Volunteer, IN 41
- Near Greenbrier, TN 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Smithville, OH
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 85027
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Central Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #268 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,670 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Central Fire District is 6.9% of Wayne County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 594 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wabash Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.