Department profile
VolunteerDecatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Pedro, OH · Lawrence County. Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -30%
- 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.
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Pedro, OH (Lawrence County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,199 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,199 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #913 of 1,108
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Lawrence County
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 44131 · Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, OH 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,199
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ames Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ames Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Decatur Township… (this dept) 21
- High Burney Fire Prote…, CA 21
- Near Ames Volunteer, OK 21
- Near Woodsville Fire a…, NH 21
- Near Bull Shoals Volun…, AR 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pedro, OH
- County
- Lawrence County
- FDID
- 44131
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #913 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,199 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
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 5.5% of Lawrence County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 380 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ames Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.