Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWhite Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department
New Columbia, PA · Union County. White Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
White Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Pennsylvania average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +29%
- vs. Pennsylvania average
- 1
- station
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.
White Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving New Columbia, PA (Union County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,070 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,070 of 22,440
- PA personnel rank #548 of 1,275
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Union County
White Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 60005 · White Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,070
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ The Goldens Bridge
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: The Goldens Bridge 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 PA department.
- White Deer Townsh… (this dept) 45
- High Johnsville, OH 45
- Near The Goldens Bridge, NY 45
- Near Pound Ridge, NY 45
- Near New Concord, OH 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Columbia, PA
- County
- Union County
- FDID
- 60005
Staffing vs the Pennsylvania average
How White Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Pennsylvania. In-state it ranks #548 of 1,275 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,070 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 115
- PA departments
- 2,427
County roster geometry
Union County HIFLD mix around White Deer Township Volunteer Fire Department
Union County: 6 departments, 254 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: The Goldens Bridge Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every PA department.