Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderJerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Plain City, OH · Union County. Jerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 53 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.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Jerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Ohio average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +77%
- 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.
Jerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Plain City, OH (Union County), with 1 station and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,461 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,461 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #142 of 1,108
- 1.89 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Union County
Jerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 80214 · Jerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH 53 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,461
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Madelia Fire Depa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Madelia Fire Department / Madelia Community Ambulance Service, MN (+ 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.
- Jerome Township D… (this dept) 53
- High Guymon, OK 53
- Near Madelia Fire Depa…, MN 53
- Near Urbandale, IA 53
- Near Menasha Township, WI 53
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Plain City, OH
- County
- Union County
- FDID
- 80214
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Jerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #142 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,461 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
Union County HIFLD mix around Jerome Township Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Union County: 8 departments, 332 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Madelia Fire Department / Madelia Community Ambulance Service, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.