Department profile
VolunteerNicktown Fire Company
Nicktown, PA · Cambria County. Nicktown Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 59 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Nicktown Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +69%
- 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.
Nicktown Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Nicktown, PA (Cambria County), with 1 station and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,785 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,785 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #285 of 1,275
- 1.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 42 other listed departments in Cambria County
Nicktown Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 11059 · Nicktown Fire Company, PA 59 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,785
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fryeburg
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fryeburg Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- Nicktown Fire Com… (this dept) 59
- High Slater Chemical F…, NY 59
- Near Fryeburg, ME 59
- Near Creve Coeur Fire…, MO 59
- Near Pierce Township, OH 59
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nicktown, PA
- County
- Cambria County
- FDID
- 11059
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Nicktown Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #285 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,785 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
Nicktown Fire Company is 2.5% of Cambria County roster mass
The county lists 53 departments totaling 2,354 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fryeburg Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.