Department profile
VolunteerForest Fire Department
Forest, OH · Hardin County. Forest Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Forest Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 40th pct.
- national personnel size
- -17%
- 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.
Forest Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Forest, OH (Hardin County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,384 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,384 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #792 of 1,108
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Hardin County
Forest Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 33205 · Forest Fire Department, OH 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #13,384
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ogilvie Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ogilvie Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Forest (this dept) 25
- High Prospect, NY 25
- Near Ogilvie Volunteer, MN 25
- Near Riverside County, CA 25
- Near South Wayne Volun…, WI 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Forest, OH
- County
- Hardin County
- FDID
- 33205
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Forest Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #792 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,384 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 geometry
Hardin County HIFLD mix around Forest Fire Department
Hardin County: 9 departments, 180 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 22% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ogilvie Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.