Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad

Cumberland, OH · Guernsey County. Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 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.

37
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.

Top 31%
national personnel size
+23%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
80/100
Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad

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 B
37 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
37 personnel · 1 station

Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad is a Volunteer department serving Cumberland, OH (Guernsey County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,987 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,987 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #351 of 1,108
  • 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Guernsey County

Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad vs. the national personnel distribution

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

37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 30005 · Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad, OH 37 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,987
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Jackson Coun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Cumberland, OH
FDID
30005

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #351 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,987 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 23% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster geometry

Guernsey County HIFLD mix around Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Squad

Guernsey County: 12 departments, 243 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 92% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: West Jackson County Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel

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