Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWestern Reserve Joint Fire District
Poland, OH · Mahoning County. Western Reserve Joint Fire District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 72 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.
- 72
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Western Reserve Joint Fire District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Ohio average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +140%
- vs. Ohio average
- 3
- 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 Reserve Joint Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Poland, OH (Mahoning County), with 3 stations and 72 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,827 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,827 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #71 of 1,108
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Mahoning County
Western Reserve Joint Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
72 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 50123 · Western Reserve Joint Fire District, OH 72 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 72
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,827
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Manorville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Manorville Fire Department, NY (+ 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 Reserve J… (this dept) 72
- High Spencer, NY 72
- Near Manorville, NY 72
- Near Forks Township, PA 72
- Near Hurleyville, NY 72
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Poland, OH
- County
- Mahoning County
- FDID
- 50123
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Western Reserve Joint Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #71 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,827 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster fringe
Western Reserve Joint Fire District is 8.6% of Mahoning County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 842 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 72 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Manorville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 72 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.