Department profile
VolunteerRichland Area Fire Department
Athens, OH · Athens County. Richland Area Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Richland Area Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Ohio 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.
Richland Area Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Athens, OH (Athens County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,624 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,624 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #611 of 1,108
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Athens County
Richland Area Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 05205 · Richland Area Fire Department, OH 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,624
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Flint City Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Flint City Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Richland Area (this dept) 30
- High Sands Township Fi…, MI 30
- Near Flint City Volunt…, AL 30
- Near Michigamme-Spurr…, MI 30
- Near Republic Township, MI 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Athens, OH
- County
- Athens County
- FDID
- 05205
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Richland Area Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #611 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,624 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Athens County HIFLD mix around Richland Area Fire Department
Athens County: 16 departments, 277 personnel (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Flint City Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.