Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPalmer Municipal Fire Department
Palmer, PA · Northampton County. Palmer Municipal Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Palmer Municipal Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- -3%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 2
- 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.
Palmer Municipal Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Palmer, PA (Northampton County), with 2 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,452 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,452 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #835 of 1,275
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Northampton County
Palmer Municipal Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 48027 · Palmer Municipal Fire Department, PA 34 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,452
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saint John Westsi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saint John Westside Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Palmer Municipal (this dept) 34
- High Springville Fire…, UT 34
- Near Saint John Westsi…, LA 34
- Near Richfield Township, OH 34
- Near Milltown Volunteer, WI 34
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Palmer, PA
- County
- Northampton County
- FDID
- 48027
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Palmer Municipal Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #835 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,452 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Palmer Municipal Fire Department is 2.4% of Northampton County roster mass
The county lists 47 departments totaling 1,411 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saint John Westside Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.