Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderVolunteer Hose Company of Middletown
Middletown, DE · New Castle County. Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 304 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.
- 304
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Delaware average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +368%
- vs. Delaware 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.
Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown is a Volunteer department serving Middletown, DE (New Castle County), with 2 stations and 304 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #114 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #114 of 22,440
- DE personnel rank #1 of 51
- 0.66 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in New Castle County
Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
304 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 20027 · Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown, DE 304 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 304
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #114
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Roanoke Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Roanoke Fire and Rescue Department, VA (+ 1 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 DE department.
- High Roanoke Fire and…, VA 305
- Volunteer Hose Co… (this dept) 304
- Near Fayetteville, NC 302
- Low Port Washington, NY 301
- Near Arlington Texas, TX 301
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Middletown, DE
- County
- New Castle County
- FDID
- 20027
Staffing vs the Delaware average
How Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown's personnel count compares to the typical department in Delaware. In-state it ranks #1 of 51 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #114 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- DE departments
- 80
County roster geometry
New Castle County HIFLD mix around Volunteer Hose Company of Middletown
New Castle County: 31 departments, 2,350 personnel (18 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 71% of departments. County / state rollup.
0.66 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 304 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Roanoke Fire and Rescue Department, VA (+1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 304 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every DE department.