Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderChatham Township Fire Department
Spencer, OH · Medina County. Chatham Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chatham Township Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- -3%
- 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.
Chatham Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Spencer, OH (Medina County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,974 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,974 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #631 of 1,108
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Medina County
Chatham Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 52103 · Chatham Township Fire Department, OH 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,974
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hortonville Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hortonville Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+ 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.
- Chatham Township (this dept) 29
- High Burchard Volunteer, NE 29
- Near Hortonville Volun…, NY 29
- Near Clinton Fire Prot…, WI 29
- Near Batesville, MS 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Spencer, OH
- County
- Medina County
- FDID
- 52103
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Chatham Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #631 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,974 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
Chatham Township Fire Department is 4.6% of Medina County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 633 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hortonville Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.