Department profile
VolunteerMiddlefield Fire Department
Middlefield, OH · Geauga County. Middlefield Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Middlefield Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +37%
- vs. Ohio 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 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.
Middlefield Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Middlefield, OH (Geauga County), with 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,734 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,734 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #273 of 1,108
- 4.88 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Geauga County
Middlefield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 28211 · Middlefield Fire Department, OH 41 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scott Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scott 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.
- Middlefield (this dept) 41
- High Roderfield Volunt…, WV 41
- Near Scott Volunteer, LA 41
- Near Ridge-Culver, NY 41
- Near Elroy Area, WI 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Middlefield, OH
- County
- Geauga County
- FDID
- 28211
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Middlefield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #273 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,734 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Middlefield Fire Department is 7.9% of Geauga County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 522 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scott Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.