Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNew Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department
Manns Choice, PA · Somerset County. New Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
New Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -26%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 1
- station
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.
New Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Manns Choice, PA (Somerset County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,755 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,755 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,033 of 1,275
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Somerset County
New Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 56629 · New Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department, PA 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,755
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmersville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Farmersville Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- New Baltimore and… (this dept) 26
- High Loganville Area, WI 26
- Near Farmersville, OH 26
- Near Kaplan, LA 26
- Near Meaux Nunez Volun…, LA 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Manns Choice, PA
- County
- Somerset County
- FDID
- 56629
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How New Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,033 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,755 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
New Baltimore and Area Volunteer Fire Department is 1.7% of Somerset County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 1,497 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Farmersville Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.