Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSaltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department
Tarlton, OH · Pickaway County. Saltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Saltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +20%
- 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.
Saltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Tarlton, OH (Pickaway County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,469 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,469 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #393 of 1,108
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Pickaway County
Saltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 65121 · Saltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department, OH 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,469
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alcoa Fire Depart…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alcoa Fire Department / Alcoa Medic 141, PA (+ 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.
- Saltcreek-Tarlton… (this dept) 36
- High Hyde Park Volunte…, PA 36
- Near Alcoa Fire Depart…, PA 36
- Near Bolivar Volunteer…, PA 36
- Near New Alexandria Vo…, PA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Tarlton, OH
- County
- Pickaway County
- FDID
- 65121
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Saltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #393 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,469 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
Pickaway County HIFLD mix around Saltcreek-Tarlton Volunteer Fire Department
Pickaway County: 9 departments, 154 personnel (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alcoa Fire Department / Alcoa Medic 141, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.