Department profile

Volunteer

Village of Malvern Fire Department

Malvern, OH · Carroll County. Village of Malvern Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

16
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Village of Malvern Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.

11th pct.
national personnel size
-47%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Village of Malvern Fire Department

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 D
16 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
16 personnel · 1 station

Village of Malvern Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Malvern, OH (Carroll County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,878 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,878 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #1,053 of 1,108
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Carroll County

Village of Malvern Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 10009 · Village of Malvern Fire Department, OH 16 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #19,878
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whelen Springs Fi…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Whelen Springs Fire Station, AR (+ 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
Malvern, OH
FDID
10009

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Village of Malvern Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #1,053 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,878 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 47% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Village of Malvern Fire Department is 7.8% of Carroll County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 205 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Whelen Springs Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel

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