Department profile

Volunteer

South Union Volunteer Fire Company

Uniontown, PA · Fayette County. South Union Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

26
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

South Union Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Pennsylvania average.

43rd pct.
national personnel size
-26%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
South Union Volunteer Fire Company

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.

Staffing capacity C
26 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
26 personnel · 1 station

South Union Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Uniontown, PA (Fayette County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,883 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,883 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #1,038 of 1,275
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • 47 other listed departments in Fayette County

South Union Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 26043 · South Union Volunteer Fire Company, PA 26 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #12,883
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Avondale Voluntee…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Avondale Volunteer Fire Company, LA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Uniontown, PA
FDID
26043

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How South Union Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #1,038 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,883 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 26% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

South Union Volunteer Fire Company is 1.6% of Fayette County roster mass

The county lists 54 departments totaling 1,581 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 13% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Avondale Volunteer Fire Company, LA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.