Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGroton Township Fire Department
Castalia, OH · Erie County. Groton Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Groton Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 24th pct.
- national personnel size
- -33%
- 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.
Groton Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Castalia, OH (Erie County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,108 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,108 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #952 of 1,108
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Erie County
Groton Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 22116 · Groton Township Fire Department, OH 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,108
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vanleer Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vanleer Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Groton Township (this dept) 20
- High Dorchester Volunt…, NE 20
- Near Vanleer Volunteer, TN 20
- Near Montgomery Volunt…, LA 20
- Near Bagley Volunteer, WI 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Castalia, OH
- County
- Erie County
- FDID
- 22116
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Groton Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #952 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,108 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 fringe
Groton Township Fire Department is 5.5% of Erie County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 362 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Vanleer Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.