Department profile
VolunteerElderton District Volunteer Fire Company
Elderton, PA · Armstrong County. Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +29%
- 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.
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.
Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Elderton, PA (Armstrong County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,806 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,806 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #509 of 1,275
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- 20 other listed departments in Armstrong County
Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 03050 · Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company, PA 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #4,806
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Long Lane Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Long Lane Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Elderton District… (this dept) 45
- High Wetumpka Volunteer, AL 45
- Near Long Lane Volunte…, MO 45
- Near Racine Volunteer, WV 45
- Near Wallburg, NC 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elderton, PA
- County
- Armstrong County
- FDID
- 03050
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #509 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,806 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Elderton District Volunteer Fire Company is 4.6% of Armstrong County roster mass
The county lists 30 departments totaling 987 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 57% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Long Lane Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.