Department profile
VolunteerRichland Township Fire Department
Belle Center, OH · Logan County. Richland Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Richland Township 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.
Richland Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Belle Center, OH (Logan 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 #12,840 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,840 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #768 of 1,108
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Logan County
Richland Township 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 46001 · Richland Township Fire Department, OH 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,840
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bridgewater
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bridgewater Fire Department, SD (+ 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 Township (this dept) 26
- High Welcome Volunteer, MN 26
- Near Bridgewater, SD 26
- Near Montrose Volunteer, SD 26
- Near Truman Fire and R…, MN 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Belle Center, OH
- County
- Logan County
- FDID
- 46001
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Richland Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #768 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,840 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 geometry
Logan County HIFLD mix around Richland Township Fire Department
Logan County: 12 departments, 205 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 58% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bridgewater Fire Department, SD (+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.