Olive Township Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department

What This Data Tells You About Olive Township Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department

Olive Township Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department operates as a Volunteer department in Reedsville, within Meigs County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 25 total personnel, 1 station, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as active.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Ohio has 1,501 registered fire departments and 44,930 total personnel, averaging roughly 30 staff per department. Olive Township Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department runs 17% below that state average, signalling a leaner crew typical of smaller jurisdictions or heavily volunteer-staffed areas. The state records about 68,900 fires, 138 fire deaths, and 62% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.