Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGrove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit
Grove City, PA · Mercer County. Grove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Grove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Grove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit is a Volunteer department serving Grove City, PA (Mercer County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,811 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,811 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #777 of 1,275
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Mercer County
Grove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 43710 · Grove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit, PA 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,811
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Canton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Canton Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Grove City Area R… (this dept) 35
- High Bear Creek Volunt…, WI 35
- Near Canton, SD 35
- Near Harrisburg, SD 35
- Near Topeka Volunteer, IN 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grove City, PA
- County
- Mercer County
- FDID
- 43710
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Grove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #777 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,811 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
Grove City Area Rescue and Life Support Unit is 5.5% of Mercer County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 642 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Canton Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.