Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRichfield Fire Department
Richfield, OH · Summit County. Richfield Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Richfield Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -13%
- vs. Ohio 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.
Richfield Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Richfield, OH (Summit County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,838 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,838 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #767 of 1,108
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 28 other listed departments in Summit County
Richfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 77041 · Richfield Fire Department, OH 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,838
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kerkhoven
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kerkhoven Fire Department, MN (+ 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 OH department.
- Richfield (this dept) 26
- High McLean County Sou…, KY 26
- Near Kerkhoven, MN 26
- Near Big Springs Volun…, NE 26
- Near Carter Lake, IA 26
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Richfield, OH
- County
- Summit County
- FDID
- 77041
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Richfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #767 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,838 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Richfield Fire Department is 1.9% of Summit County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 1,364 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kerkhoven Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.