Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHighland Township Volunteer Fire Department
Defiance, OH · Defiance County. Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 43 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.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Defiance, OH (Defiance County), with 1 station and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,311 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,311 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #236 of 1,108
- 2.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Defiance County
Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 20111 · Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH 43 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,311
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pinch Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pinch Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Highland Township… (this dept) 43
- High Cambridge Springs…, PA 43
- Near Pinch Volunteer, WV 43
- Near Saegertown Volunt…, PA 43
- Near Fanwood, NJ 43
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Defiance, OH
- County
- Defiance County
- FDID
- 20111
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #236 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,311 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
Defiance County HIFLD mix around Highland Township Volunteer Fire Department
Defiance County: 13 departments, 418 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 77% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pinch Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.