Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNew Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company
Rockwood, PA · Somerset County. New Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 75 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.
- 75
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
New Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +114%
- 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 Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Rockwood, PA (Somerset County), with 1 station and 75 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,684 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,684 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #136 of 1,275
- 1.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Somerset County
New Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
75 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 56622 · New Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company, PA 75 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 75
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,684
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Sacramento
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Sacramento Fire Department, CA (+ 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 Centerville a… (this dept) 75
- High South Salem, NY 75
- Near West Sacramento, CA 75
- Near Trumansburg, NY 75
- Near Marbletown, NY 75
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rockwood, PA
- County
- Somerset County
- FDID
- 56622
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How New Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #136 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,684 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 Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Company is 5.0% 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.
1.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 75 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Sacramento Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 75 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.