Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorthern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Richwood, OH · Union County. Northern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 51 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.
- 51
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Northern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Ohio average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +70%
- vs. Ohio 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.
Northern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Richwood, OH (Union County), with 1 station and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,735 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,735 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #155 of 1,108
- 1.96 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Union County
Northern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 80011 · Northern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH 51 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 51
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,735
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Berea
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Berea Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Northern Union Co… (this dept) 51
- High Hartland, WI 51
- Near Berea, KY 51
- Near Wagoner, OK 51
- Near Grand Rapids Town…, WI 51
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Richwood, OH
- County
- Union County
- FDID
- 80011
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Northern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #155 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,735 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Union County HIFLD mix around Northern Union County Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Union County: 8 departments, 332 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 51 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Berea Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 51 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.