Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department

Stahlstown, PA · Westmoreland County. Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 67 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.

67
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Pennsylvania average.

Top 9%
national personnel size
+91%
vs. Pennsylvania average
3
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
46/100
Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department

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 C
22.3 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
67 personnel · 3 stations

Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stahlstown, PA (Westmoreland County), with 3 stations and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,080 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,080 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #179 of 1,275
  • 4.48 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 88 other listed departments in Westmoreland County

Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 65110 · Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department, PA 67 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 67
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #2,080
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alliance
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Alliance Fire Department, NE (+ 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
Stahlstown, PA
FDID
65110

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #179 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,080 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 91% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Chestnut Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department is 1.6% of Westmoreland County roster mass

The county lists 111 departments totaling 4,157 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.48 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 67 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Alliance Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 67 personnel

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