Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company
Nanticoke, PA · Luzerne County. Nanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Nanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 5
- 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.
Nanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Nanticoke, PA (Luzerne County), with 5 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,664 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,664 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #258 of 1,275
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 62 other listed departments in Luzerne County
Nanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 40046 · Nanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company, PA 60 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,664
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blades Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Blades Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, DE (+ 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.
- Nanticoke Fire De… (this dept) 60
- High Ripon Consolidate…, CA 60
- Near Blades Volunteer…, DE 60
- Near Patterson Fire De…, NY 60
- Near Selbyville Volunt…, DE 60
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nanticoke, PA
- County
- Luzerne County
- FDID
- 40046
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Nanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #258 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,664 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Nanticoke Fire Department Pioneer Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Company is 1.9% of Luzerne County roster mass
The county lists 102 departments totaling 3,133 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Blades Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, DE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.