Department profile

Volunteer

Waynesboro Fire Department

Waynesboro, PA · Franklin County. Waynesboro Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 76 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

76
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Waynesboro Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Pennsylvania average.

Top 7%
national personnel size
+117%
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
81/100
Waynesboro 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 A
38 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
76 personnel · 2 stations

Waynesboro Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waynesboro, PA (Franklin County), with 2 stations and 76 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,642 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,642 of 22,440
  • PA personnel rank #129 of 1,275
  • 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
  • 14 other listed departments in Franklin County

Waynesboro Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

76 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 28002 · Waynesboro Fire Department, PA 76 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 76
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-TOP #1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plymouth
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Plymouth Fire Department, MN (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Waynesboro, PA
FDID
28002

Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average

How Waynesboro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #129 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,642 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 117% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
115
PA departments
2,427

County roster fringe

Waynesboro Fire Department is 7.6% of Franklin County roster mass

The county lists 18 departments totaling 1,004 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 76 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Plymouth Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 76 personnel

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