Department profile
VolunteerPpl Susquehanna Fire Brigade
Berwick, PA · Luzerne County. Ppl Susquehanna Fire Brigade is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 150 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 150
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Ppl Susquehanna Fire Brigade pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +329%
- 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.
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.
Ppl Susquehanna Fire Brigade is a Volunteer department serving Berwick, PA (Luzerne County), with 1 station and 150 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #418 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #418 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #27 of 1,275
- 0.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 62 other listed departments in Luzerne County
Ppl Susquehanna Fire Brigade vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
150 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 PA-PPL-SUSQUEHANNA-FIRE-BRIGADE-PA · Ppl Susquehanna Fire Brigade, PA 150 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 150
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #418
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Klein Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Klein Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- Ppl Susquehanna F… (this dept) 150
- High Hamden, CT 150
- Near Klein Volunteer, TX 150
- Near South Kitsap Fire…, WA 150
- Near Hoover, AL 150
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Berwick, PA
- County
- Luzerne County
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Ppl Susquehanna Fire Brigade's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #27 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #418 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
Ppl Susquehanna Fire Brigade is 4.8% 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.
0.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 150 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Klein Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 150 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.