Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSomerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Somerton, OH · Belmont County. Somerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Somerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Ohio average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- -7%
- 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.
Somerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Somerton, OH (Belmont County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,784 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,784 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #700 of 1,108
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Belmont County
Somerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 07219 · Somerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cataula Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cataula Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+ 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.
- Somerton Fire and… (this dept) 28
- High West Nodaway Fire…, MO 28
- Near Cataula Volunteer, GA 28
- Near Chesaning Brady, MI 28
- Near Atkinson, NC 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Somerton, OH
- County
- Belmont County
- FDID
- 07219
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Somerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #700 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,784 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
Somerton Fire and Emergency Medical Services is 3.5% of Belmont County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 791 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cataula Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.