Department profile
VolunteerRome Volunteer Fire Department
Rome Township, OH · Ashtabula County. Rome Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Rome Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +3%
- 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.
Rome Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Rome Township, OH (Ashtabula County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,724 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,724 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #561 of 1,108
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- 24 other listed departments in Ashtabula County
Rome Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 04143 · Rome Volunteer Fire Department, OH 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,724
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Zip City Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Zip 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.
- Rome Volunteer (this dept) 31
- High Madeira Beach, FL 31
- Near Zip City Volunteer, AL 31
- Near Huron Fire Depart…, SD 31
- Near Aliquippa Bureau…, PA 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Rome Township, OH
- County
- Ashtabula County
- FDID
- 04143
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Rome Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #561 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,724 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
Rome Volunteer Fire Department is 5.0% of Ashtabula County roster mass
The county lists 30 departments totaling 620 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Zip 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 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.