Department profile
VolunteerLedgedale Volunteer Hose Company
Lake Ariel, PA · Wayne County. Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 58 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +66%
- 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.
Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company is a Volunteer department serving Lake Ariel, PA (Wayne County), with 1 station and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,834 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,834 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #291 of 1,275
- 1.72 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Wayne County
Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 64036 · Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company, PA 58 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,834
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Bend
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Bend Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Ledgedale Volunte… (this dept) 58
- High Omro Rushford Joi…, WI 58
- Near West Bend, WI 58
- Near Ardsley, NY 58
- Near Covington Fire De…, VA 58
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake Ariel, PA
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 64036
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #291 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,834 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 geometry
Wayne County HIFLD mix around Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company
Wayne County: 22 departments, 509 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 59% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.72 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Bend Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.