Department profile
OtherVernon Township Fire
Wheelersburg, OH · Scioto County. Vernon Township Fire is a fire department, 2 stations 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Vernon Township Fire pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 29th pct.
- national personnel size
- -27%
- vs. Ohio average
- 2
- stations
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.
Vernon Township Fire is a fire department serving Wheelersburg, OH (Scioto County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,044 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,044 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #904 of 1,108
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Scioto County
Vernon Township Fire 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 73129 · Vernon Township Fire, OH 22 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,044
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Freeport
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Freeport Fire Department, MN (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OH department.
- Vernon Township F… (this dept) 22
- High Homedale, ID 22
- Near Freeport, MN 22
- Near Fairland Volunteer, IN 22
- Near Higginson Volunte…, AR 22
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Wheelersburg, OH
- County
- Scioto County
- FDID
- 73129
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Vernon Township Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #904 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,044 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Vernon Township Fire is 4.4% of Scioto County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 495 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Freeport Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.