Department profile
VolunteerEmporium Fire Department
Emporium, PA · Cameron County. Emporium Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 99 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 99
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Emporium Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +183%
- 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.
Emporium Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Emporium, PA (Cameron County), with 1 station and 99 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #969 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #969 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #72 of 1,275
- 1.01 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Cameron County
Emporium Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
99 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 12014 · Emporium Fire Department, PA 99 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 99
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #969
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sitka
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sitka Fire Department, AK (+ 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.
- Emporium (this dept) 99
- High Rochester Hills, MI 99
- Near Sitka, AK 99
- Near Whippany, NJ 99
- Near Nutley Volunteer, NJ 99
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Emporium, PA
- County
- Cameron County
- FDID
- 12014
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Emporium Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #72 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #969 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 weight
Emporium Fire Department carries 78.0% of Cameron County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (127 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.01 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 99 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sitka Fire Department, AK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 99 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.