Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWestern Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station
Lakeville, OH · Holmes County. Western Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 89 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.
- 89
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Western Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +197%
- 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.
Western Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station is a Volunteer department serving Lakeville, OH (Holmes County), with 2 stations and 89 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,210 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,210 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #40 of 1,108
- 2.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Holmes County
Western Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
89 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 38213 · Western Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station, OH 89 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 89
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,210
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orangeburg
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Orangeburg Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Western Holmes Fi… (this dept) 89
- High Tri-Community Vol…, TN 89
- Near Orangeburg, SC 89
- Near Bruceton Mills-Br…, WV 89
- Near Skaneateles Volun…, NY 89
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lakeville, OH
- County
- Holmes County
- FDID
- 38213
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Western Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #40 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,210 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 weight
Western Holmes Fire District - Lakeville Station carries 33.0% of Holmes County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (270 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 78% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 89 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Orangeburg Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 89 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.