Department profile
VolunteerMartins Ferry
Martins Ferry, OH · Belmont County. Martins Ferry is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 111 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 111
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Martins Ferry pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +270%
- vs. Ohio average
- 4
- 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 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.
Martins Ferry is a Volunteer department serving Martins Ferry, OH (Belmont County), with 4 stations and 111 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #778 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #778 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #19 of 1,108
- 3.60 stations per 100 personnel
- 23 other listed departments in Belmont County
Martins Ferry vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
111 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 07029 · Martins Ferry, OH 111 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 111
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #778
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Haven
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Haven Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- Martins Ferry (this dept) 111
- High City of Boulder, CO 111
- Near North Haven, CT 111
- Near Peachtree City Fi…, GA 111
- Near Margate, FL 111
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Martins Ferry, OH
- County
- Belmont County
- FDID
- 07029
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Martins Ferry's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #19 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #778 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Belmont County HIFLD mix around Martins Ferry
Belmont County: 26 departments, 791 personnel (20 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.60 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 111 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Haven Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 111 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.