Department profile
VolunteerPittston Township Volunteer Fire Department
Pittston Township, PA · Luzerne County. Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 63 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 63
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +80%
- 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.
Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pittston Township, PA (Luzerne County), with 2 stations and 63 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,398 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,398 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #222 of 1,275
- 3.17 stations per 100 personnel
- 62 other listed departments in Luzerne County
Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
63 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 40053 · Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA 63 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 63
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,398
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oakdale Area Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oakdale Area Fire Association, 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 PA department.
- Pittston Township… (this dept) 63
- High Woodbury Fire Dep…, NY 63
- Near Oakdale Area Fire…, WI 63
- Near Melrose Fire Dist…, NY 63
- Near Marine Corps Air…, CA 63
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pittston Township, PA
- County
- Luzerne County
- FDID
- 40053
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #222 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,398 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
Pittston Township Volunteer Fire Department is 2.0% of Luzerne County roster mass
The county lists 102 departments totaling 3,133 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 63 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oakdale Area Fire Association, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 63 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.