Department profile
VolunteerSouth New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department
New Castle, PA · Lawrence County. South New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
South New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.
- 29th pct.
- national personnel size
- -37%
- vs. Pennsylvania 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.
South New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving New Castle, PA (Lawrence County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,996 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,996 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #1,154 of 1,275
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- 21 other listed departments in Lawrence County
South New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 71% higher than 29% 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 37009 · South New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department, PA 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #15,996
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Juan Fire Dep…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: San Juan Fire Department - LA Sal Fire Station, UT (+ 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 PA department.
- South New Castle… (this dept) 22
- High Schofield, WI 22
- Near San Juan Fire Dep…, UT 22
- Near Perry, FL 22
- Near Boyd Volunteer, MN 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Castle, PA
- County
- Lawrence County
- FDID
- 37009
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How South New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,154 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,996 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster fringe
South New Castle Borough Volunteer Fire Department is 3.3% of Lawrence County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 668 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 48% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: San Juan Fire Department - LA Sal Fire Station, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.