Department profile

Volunteer

Martins 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
61/100
Martins Ferry

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
27.8 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
111 personnel · 4 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Martins Ferry, OH
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.

▲ 270% above the state average
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).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 111 personnel

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