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Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company

Moon Township, PA · Allegheny County. Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 57 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.

57
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Pennsylvania average.

Top 13%
national personnel size
+63%
vs. Pennsylvania average
4
stations
$621,056
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
31/100
Moon Township Volunteer Fire 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 F
14.3 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 C
$10,896 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
57 personnel · 4 stations

Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Moon Township, PA (Allegheny County), with 4 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,922 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $621,056.

  • National personnel rank #2,922 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #294 of 1,275
  • 7.02 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 165 other listed departments in Allegheny County

Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

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

57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 02197 · Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA 57 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 57
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,922
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Warehouse Point
  • FEMA-MID $621K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Warehouse Point 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 PA department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Moon Township, PA
FDID
02197

FEMA Grant History

$621K
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2023)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FF-00589 $230,000
2019 EMW-2019-FF-01677 $227,601.48
2018 EMW-2018-FO-01501 $163,455

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

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #294 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,922 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 63% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company is 1.0% of Allegheny County roster mass

The county lists 201 departments totaling 5,871 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.02 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 57 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Warehouse Point Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel

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

Warehouse Point Fire Department, CT 57 Belfast Fire Department, NY 57 Eastover Fire Department, NC 57 Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department, AL 57 Medford Division of Fire - Union Fire Company, NJ 57 Guilderland Center Fire Department, NY 57 Bradford Volunteer Fire Department, RI 57 Pacific Fire Protection District, MO 57

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company have?

Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company has 57 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 63% above the Pennsylvania average of 35 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,922 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within PA, it ranks #294 of 1,275 by personnel.

Does Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company operate?

Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company?

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

Has Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company received federal grants?

Yes, Moon Township Volunteer Fire Company has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $621,056.48 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

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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