Department profile
VolunteerOttawa Volunteer Fire Department
Ottawa, OH · Putnam County. Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- +33%
- vs. Ohio average
- 3
- stations
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.
Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ottawa, OH (Putnam County), with 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,226 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,226 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #302 of 1,108
- 7.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Putnam County
Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 69023 · Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department, OH 40 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,226
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wautoma Area Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wautoma Area Fire District, WI (+ 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.
- Ottawa Volunteer (this dept) 40
- High Fairview Township, PA 40
- Near Wautoma Area Fire…, WI 40
- Near Saxeville-Springw…, WI 40
- Near Atalissa Volunteer, IA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ottawa, OH
- County
- Putnam County
- FDID
- 69023
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #302 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,226 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Putnam County HIFLD mix around Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department
Putnam County: 15 departments, 244 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 53% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wautoma Area Fire District, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.