Department profile
VolunteerHand-IN-Hand Hose Company
Lock Haven, PA · Clinton County. Hand-IN-Hand Hose Company is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 89 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 89
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Hand-IN-Hand Hose Company pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +154%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 3
- 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.
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.
Hand-IN-Hand Hose Company is a Volunteer department serving Lock Haven, PA (Clinton County), with 3 stations and 89 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,197 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,197 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #97 of 1,275
- 3.37 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Clinton County
Hand-IN-Hand Hose Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
89 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 18001 · Hand-IN-Hand Hose Company, PA 89 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 89
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,197
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Columbus
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Columbus Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Hand-IN-Hand Hose… (this dept) 89
- High Poquetanuck Volun…, CT 89
- Near Columbus, NE 89
- Near Nunda, NY 89
- Near Eden Prairie, MN 89
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lock Haven, PA
- County
- Clinton County
- FDID
- 18001
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Hand-IN-Hand Hose Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #97 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,197 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster geometry
Clinton County HIFLD mix around Hand-IN-Hand Hose Company
Clinton County: 19 departments, 640 personnel (14 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 68% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.37 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 89 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Columbus Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 89 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.