Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPerry Township Volunteer Fire Department
Cridersville, OH · Allen County. Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 90 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.
- 90
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- 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.
Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cridersville, OH (Allen County), with 1 station and 90 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,175 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,175 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #36 of 1,108
- 1.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Allen County
Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
90 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 02215 · Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH 90 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 90
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plainville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Plainville Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- Perry Township Vo… (this dept) 90
- High North Apollo Volu…, PA 90
- Near Plainville, CT 90
- Near Stowe Township Vo…, PA 90
- Near Kannapolis, NC 90
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cridersville, OH
- County
- Allen County
- FDID
- 02215
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #36 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,175 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
Allen County HIFLD mix around Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department
Allen County: 17 departments, 540 personnel (9 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 90 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Plainville Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 90 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.