Department profile
VolunteerVermilion Fire Department
Vermilion, OH · Erie County. Vermilion Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Vermilion Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +17%
- vs. Ohio average
- 3
- stations
- $912,896
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Vermilion Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Vermilion, OH (Erie County), with 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,184 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $912,896.
- National personnel rank #8,184 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #445 of 1,108
- 8.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Erie County
Vermilion Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 22017 · Vermilion Fire Department, OH 35 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,184
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Chapel Fire C…
- FEMA-MID $913K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Chapel Fire Company, IN (+ 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.
- Vermilion (this dept) 35
- High Hall Mountain Vol…, ID 35
- Near New Chapel Fire C…, IN 35
- Near Union Deposit Vol…, PA 35
- Near Steelton Volunteer, PA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Vermilion, OH
- County
- Erie County
- FDID
- 22017
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-02107 | $302,182.85 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-17190 | $610,713.13 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Vermilion Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #445 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,184 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Vermilion Fire Department is 9.7% of Erie County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 362 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Chapel Fire Company, IN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.