Department profile

Volunteer

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department

Adrian, PA · Armstrong County. Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

50
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Pennsylvania average.

Top 18%
national personnel size
+43%
vs. Pennsylvania 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Washington Township Volunteer 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 C
25 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
50 personnel · 2 stations

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Adrian, PA (Armstrong County), with 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,097 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,097 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #446 of 1,275
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 20 other listed departments in Armstrong County

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 03280 · Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA 50 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 50
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #4,097
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belews Creek Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Belews Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NC (+ 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 PA department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Adrian, PA
FDID
03280

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #446 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,097 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 43% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department is 5.1% of Armstrong County roster mass

The county lists 30 departments totaling 987 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 57% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 50 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Belews Creek Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel

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