Department profile

Volunteer

Gallipolis Fire Department

Gallipolis, OH · Gallia County. Gallipolis Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

33
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Gallipolis Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.

Top 39%
national personnel size
+10%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
27/100
Gallipolis Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
16.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
33 personnel · 2 stations

Gallipolis Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gallipolis, OH (Gallia County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,690 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,690 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #483 of 1,108
  • 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Gallia County

Gallipolis Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 27009 · Gallipolis Fire Department, OH 33 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #8,690
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Chittenango
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: North Chittenango Fire Department, NY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Gallipolis, OH
FDID
27009

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Gallipolis Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #483 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,690 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 10% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster geometry

Gallia County HIFLD mix around Gallipolis Fire Department

Gallia County: 10 departments, 190 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 20% of departments. County / state rollup.

6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: North Chittenango Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.