Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

New Castle Fire Department

New Castle, PA · Lawrence County. New Castle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

New Castle Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.

39th pct.
national personnel size
-29%
vs. Pennsylvania average
2
stations
$1,306,310
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
12/100
New Castle Fire Department

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
12.5 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 2 stations

New Castle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving New Castle, PA (Lawrence County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,741 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,306,310.

  • National personnel rank #13,741 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #1,074 of 1,275
  • 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 21 other listed departments in Lawrence County

New Castle Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 61% higher than 39% 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 37024 · New Castle Fire Department, PA 25 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #13,741
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Forrest Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $1.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Forrest Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
New Castle, PA
FDID
37024

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2015–2022)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FF-01020 $933,860
2015 EMW2014FV00527 $372,450

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

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How New Castle Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,074 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,741 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 29% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

New Castle Fire Department is 3.7% of Lawrence County roster mass

The county lists 25 departments totaling 668 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 48% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Forrest Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Bessemer Volunteer Fire Company
Bessemer · volunteer
Chewton Volunteer Fire Department
Wampum · volunteer
Ellwood City Volunteer Fire Department
Ellwood City · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 25 personnel

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

Forrest Volunteer Fire Department, NM 25 Medina Fire Department, NY 25 Midway Boyd Hill Fire Station, AR 25 Parkston Volunteer Fire Department, SD 25 Merrill Fire Department, WI 25 Cambria Fire Department, CA 25 Riverside County Fire Department, CA 25 Denham Springs Fire Department, LA 25

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does New Castle Fire Department have?

New Castle Fire Department has 25 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 29% below the Pennsylvania average of 35 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #13,741 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within PA, it ranks #1,074 of 1,275 by personnel.

Does New Castle Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, New Castle Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does New Castle Fire Department operate?

New Castle Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is New Castle Fire Department?

New Castle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lawrence County, PA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has New Castle Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, New Castle Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,306,310 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

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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