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Riverside Fire Department

Dayton, OH · Montgomery County. Riverside Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 43 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.

43
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Riverside Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.

Top 24%
national personnel size
+43%
vs. Ohio average
2
stations
$639,649
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
43/100
Riverside 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 C
21.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
43 personnel · 2 stations

Riverside Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dayton, OH (Montgomery County), with 2 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,373 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $639,649.

  • National personnel rank #5,373 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #241 of 1,108
  • 4.65 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 27 other listed departments in Montgomery County

Riverside Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

43 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 57115 · Riverside Fire Department, OH 43 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 43
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,373
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hudson
  • FEMA-MID $640K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hudson Fire Department, WI (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Dayton, OH
FDID
57115

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2019)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-05984 $176,995.99
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00113 $462,653.23

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Riverside Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #241 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,373 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 43% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Riverside Fire Department is 2.5% of Montgomery County roster mass

The county lists 41 departments totaling 1,753 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 43 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hudson Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Box 21 Rescue Squad
Dayton · other
Brookville Fire Department
Brookville · volunteer
Butler Township Fire Department
Dayton · volunteer
Clayton Fire Department
Englewood · volunteer
Clayton Fire Department
Clayton · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 43 personnel

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

Hudson Fire Department, WI 43 Sheboygan Falls Fire Department, WI 43 Crescent Springs Volunteer Fire Department, KY 43 Barton Hose Company, NY 43 East Wood Volunteer Fire Department, WV 43 Epping Rural Fire Protection District, ND 43 Milton Fire Department, WI 43 White Lake Fire Company, NY 43

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Riverside Fire Department have?

Riverside Fire Department has 43 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 43% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,373 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #241 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Riverside Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Riverside Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Riverside Fire Department operate?

Riverside Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Riverside Fire Department?

Riverside Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Montgomery County, OH. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Riverside Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Riverside Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $639,649.22 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in Ohio?

Ohio has 1,501 fire departments with 44,930 total personnel. 62% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.