Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated

Polk, PA · Venango County. Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.

15
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Pennsylvania average.

9th pct.
national personnel size
-57%
vs. Pennsylvania 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated

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.

Staffing capacity D
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 1 station

Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Polk, PA (Venango County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,412 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,412 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #1,243 of 1,275
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Venango County

Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 61017 · Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated, PA 15 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #20,412
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arrowhead Estates…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Arrowhead Estates Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Polk, PA
FDID
61017

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,243 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,412 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 57% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Polk Fire and Rescue Incorporated is 1.8% of Venango County roster mass

The county lists 24 departments totaling 848 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Arrowhead Estates Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.