Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department

Oak Hill, OH · Jackson County. Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 34 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.

34
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.

Top 37%
national personnel size
+13%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
76/100
Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department

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 B
34 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
34 personnel · 1 station

Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oak Hill, OH (Jackson County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,409 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,409 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #467 of 1,108
  • 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Jackson County

Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 40111 · Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department, OH 34 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 34
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spring Creek Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Oak Hill, OH
FDID
40111

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #467 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,409 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 13% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster geometry

Jackson County HIFLD mix around Madison / Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department

Jackson County: 8 departments, 170 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 63% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel

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