Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department
Franklin, PA · Venango County. Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 327 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.
- 327
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +834%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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.
Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Franklin, PA (Venango County), with 2 stations and 327 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #101 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #101 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #2 of 1,275
- 0.61 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Venango County
Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
327 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 61021 · Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department, PA 327 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 327
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #101
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kalamazoo Departm…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, MI ( -2 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.
- High Freeport, NY 331
- Rocky Grove Volun… (this dept) 327
- Near Kalamazoo Departm…, MI 325
- Near Colleton County F…, SC 321
- Low Sunnyvale Departm…, CA 320
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Franklin, PA
- County
- Venango County
- FDID
- 61021
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #2 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #101 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster weight
Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department carries 38.6% of Venango County HIFLD personnel
Among 24 listed departments (848 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 58% of the county count. County / state rollup.
0.61 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 327 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, MI (-2 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 327 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.