Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPitcairn Hose Company No 1
Pitcairn, PA · Allegheny County. Pitcairn Hose Company No 1 is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pitcairn Hose Company No 1 pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- 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.
Pitcairn Hose Company No 1 is a Volunteer department serving Pitcairn, PA (Allegheny County), with 2 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,685 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,685 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #263 of 1,275
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 165 other listed departments in Allegheny County
Pitcairn Hose Company No 1 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 02229 · Pitcairn Hose Company No 1, PA 60 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,685
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maywood
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Maywood Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Pitcairn Hose Com… (this dept) 60
- High Andersonville Vol…, TN 60
- Near Maywood, NJ 60
- Near Oakland Volunteer, NJ 60
- Near Belmont, NY 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pitcairn, PA
- County
- Allegheny County
- FDID
- 02229
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Pitcairn Hose Company No 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #263 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,685 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
Pitcairn Hose Company No 1 is 1.0% of Allegheny County roster mass
The county lists 201 departments totaling 5,871 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 66% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Maywood Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.