Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNew Franklin Fire Department
Akron, OH · Summit County. New Franklin Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
New Franklin Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +7%
- vs. Ohio average
- 2
- stations
- $922,807
- 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.
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 Franklin Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Akron, OH (Summit County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,228 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $922,807.
- National personnel rank #9,228 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #525 of 1,108
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Summit County
New Franklin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 77109 · New Franklin Fire Department, OH 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,228
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Helmer Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $923K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Helmer Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- New Franklin (this dept) 32
- High Reidland-Farley F…, KY 32
- Near Helmer Volunteer, IN 32
- Near Radford, VA 32
- Near Barrington Fire a…, NH 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Akron, OH
- County
- Summit County
- FDID
- 77109
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-03314 | $190,476.19 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-07451 | $529,524 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FR00042 | $202,807 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How New Franklin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #525 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,228 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
New Franklin Fire Department is 2.3% of Summit County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,364 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Helmer Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.