Department profile
VolunteerImler Area Volunteer Fire Company
Imler, PA · Bedford County. Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Pennsylvania average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -60%
- 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.
Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Imler, PA (Bedford County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,783 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,783 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,256 of 1,275
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Bedford County
Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 05042 · Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company, PA 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,783
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Wildwood
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Wildwood Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Imler Area Volunt… (this dept) 14
- High Wallace, SD 14
- Near West Wildwood, NJ 14
- Near Paradise, UT 14
- Near Diamond City Fire…, AR 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Imler, PA
- County
- Bedford County
- FDID
- 05042
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,256 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,783 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
Imler Area Volunteer Fire Company is 2.4% of Bedford County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 590 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 46% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Wildwood Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.