Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District

Mount Victory, OH · Hardin County. Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.

31
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
70/100
Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District

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 B
31 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
31 personnel · 1 station

Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Mount Victory, OH (Hardin 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 #9,751 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,751 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #565 of 1,108
  • 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Hardin County

Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District 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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 33235 · Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District, OH 31 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,751
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Avalon Beach-Mula…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Avalon Beach-Mulat Volunteer Fire Department 12, FL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Mount Victory, OH
FDID
33235

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #565 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,751 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 3% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster geometry

Hardin County HIFLD mix around Southeast Hardin - Northwest Union Joint Fire District

Hardin County: 9 departments, 180 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 22% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Avalon Beach-Mulat Volunteer Fire Department 12, FL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Forest Fire Department
Forest · volunteer
Kenton Fire Department
Kenton · career
McGuffey Volunteer Fire Company
Mcguffey · volunteer
Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Department
Ridgeway · volunteer
Roundhead Volunteer Fire Department
Roundhead · volunteer
All OH departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel

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