Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEaton Fire Division
Eaton, OH · Preble County. Eaton Fire Division is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 44 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.
- 44
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Eaton Fire Division pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +47%
- vs. Ohio average
- 2
- 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.
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.
Eaton Fire Division is a Volunteer department serving Eaton, OH (Preble County), with 2 stations and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,117 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,117 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #226 of 1,108
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Preble County
Eaton Fire Division vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 68005 · Eaton Fire Division, OH 44 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 44
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sussex
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sussex Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Eaton Fire Divisi… (this dept) 44
- High Lloydsville Volun…, PA 44
- Near Sussex, WI 44
- Near North Prairie Vol…, WI 44
- Near Neenah-Menasha Fi…, WI 44
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Eaton, OH
- County
- Preble County
- FDID
- 68005
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Eaton Fire Division's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #226 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,117 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Preble County HIFLD mix around Eaton Fire Division
Preble County: 12 departments, 274 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 92% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 44 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sussex Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 44 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.