Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Lingohocken Fire Company

Newtown, PA · Bucks County. Lingohocken Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 83 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.

83
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lingohocken Fire Company pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+137%
vs. Pennsylvania average
2
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
85/100
Lingohocken Fire Company

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.

Staffing capacity A
41.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
83 personnel · 2 stations

Lingohocken Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Newtown, PA (Bucks County), with 2 stations and 83 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,361 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,361 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #110 of 1,275
  • 2.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 42 other listed departments in Bucks County

Lingohocken Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

83 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 09035 · Lingohocken Fire Company, PA 83 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 83
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,361
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Daisy Mountain
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Daisy Mountain Fire Department, AZ (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Newtown, PA
FDID
09035

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Lingohocken Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #110 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,361 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 137% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Lingohocken Fire Company is 3.1% of Bucks County roster mass

The county lists 76 departments totaling 2,658 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 70% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 83 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Daisy Mountain Fire Department, AZ (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 83 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.

Daisy Mountain Fire Department, AZ 83 North East Volunteer Fire Company, MD 83 Macomb Township Fire and Rescue, MI 83 Eagle River Fire Protection District - Avon Fire, CO 83 Newport Fire Department, NC 83 Texasville Volunteer Fire Department, AL 83 Manhattan Fire Protection District, IL 83 Violet Township Fire Department, OH 83

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lingohocken Fire Company have?

Lingohocken Fire Company has 83 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 137% above the Pennsylvania average of 35 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,361 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within PA, it ranks #110 of 1,275 by personnel.

Does Lingohocken Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Lingohocken Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Lingohocken Fire Company operate?

Lingohocken Fire Company operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Lingohocken Fire Company?

Lingohocken Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Bucks County, PA. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

How many fire departments are in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania has 2,427 fire departments with 85,879 total personnel. 67% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.