Department profile

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Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company

Fannettsburg, PA · Franklin County. Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 132 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.

132
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+277%
vs. Pennsylvania average
1
station
$548,245
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
Metal Township Fire and Ambulance 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
132 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 F
$4,153 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
132 personnel · 1 station

Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company is a Volunteer department serving Fannettsburg, PA (Franklin County), with 1 station and 132 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #546 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $548,245.

  • National personnel rank #546 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #34 of 1,275
  • 0.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Franklin County

Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

132 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 28021 · Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company, PA 132 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 132
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #546
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Corona
  • FEMA-MID $548K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Corona Fire Department, CA (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Fannettsburg, PA
FDID
28021

FEMA Grant History

$548K
Cumulative funding (FY2019–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-03201 $377,385.71
2019 EMW-2019-FF-00074 $170,858.79

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #34 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #546 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 277% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster geometry

Franklin County HIFLD mix around Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company

Franklin County: 18 departments, 1,004 personnel (14 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 83% of departments. County / state rollup.

0.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 132 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Corona Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Borough of Chambersburg Fire Department
Chambersburg · volunteer
Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department
Fayetteville · volunteer
Franklin Fire Company
Chambersburg · volunteer
Marion Volunteer Fire Company
Chambersburg · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 132 personnel

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

Corona Fire Department, CA 132 Naples Volunteer Fire Department / Maxfield Hose Company, NY 132 Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District, CA 132 Brownsville Fire Department, TN 132 Melville Fire Department, NY 132 Giles County Fire and Rescue Squad - Pulaski, TN 131 Worth County Fire and Rescue Department, GA 131 Fredonia Fire Department, NY 131

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company have?

Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company has 132 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 277% above the Pennsylvania average of 35 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #546 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within PA, it ranks #34 of 1,275 by personnel.

Does Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company operate?

Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company?

Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company is a Volunteer department serving Franklin County, PA. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company received federal grants?

Yes, Metal Township Fire and Ambulance Company has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $548,244.5 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2019–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

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.