Department profile
VolunteerNelsonville Division of Fire
Nelsonville, OH · Athens County. Nelsonville Division of Fire is a Volunteer department and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Nelsonville Division of Fire pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- -3%
- vs. Ohio average
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.
Nelsonville Division of Fire is a Volunteer department serving Nelsonville, OH (Athens County) and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,141 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,141 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #642 of 1,108
- 14 other listed departments in Athens County
Nelsonville Division of Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 05021 · Nelsonville Division of Fire, OH 29 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,141
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bruce Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bruce Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Nelsonville Divis… (this dept) 29
- High Shady Valley Fire…, MO 29
- Near Bruce Township, MI 29
- Near City of Angels, CA 29
- Near Dunklin Fire Prot…, MO 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nelsonville, OH
- County
- Athens County
- FDID
- 05021
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Nelsonville Division of Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #642 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,141 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Athens County HIFLD mix around Nelsonville Division of Fire
Athens County: 16 departments, 277 personnel (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Bruce Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.