Department profile

Career (Paid)

Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department

Coatesville, PA · Chester County. Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

15
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Pennsylvania average.

11th pct.
national personnel size
-57%
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
21/100
Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs 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 D
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 1 station

Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Coatesville, PA (Chester County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,066 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,066 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #1,230 of 1,275
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • 32 other listed departments in Chester County

Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 15076 · Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department, PA 15 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #20,066
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ River Road Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: River Road Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Coatesville, PA
FDID
15076

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,230 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,066 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 57% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Coatesville Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department is 0.9% of Chester County roster mass

The county lists 45 departments totaling 1,719 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 58% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: River Road Volunteer Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide career peers near 15 personnel

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