Department profile

Volunteer

Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department

Monaca, PA · Beaver County. Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

14
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Pennsylvania average.

7th pct.
national personnel size
-60%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
18/100
Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department

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 F
14 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel · 1 station

Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Monaca, PA (Beaver County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,885 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,885 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #1,257 of 1,275
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • 49 other listed departments in Beaver County

Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 04034 · Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA 14 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ouaquaga Fire Com…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ouaquaga Fire Company, NY (+ 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
Monaca, PA
FDID
04034

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,257 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,885 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 60% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Potter Township Volunteer Fire Department is 1.2% of Beaver County roster mass

The county lists 58 departments totaling 1,205 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ouaquaga Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel

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