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Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department

Butler, OH · Richland County. Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.

35
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Ohio average.

Top 37%
national personnel size
+17%
vs. Ohio average
1
station
$1,447,666
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
Worthington 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 B
35 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$41,362 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
35 personnel · 1 station

Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Butler, OH (Richland County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,229 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,447,666.

  • National personnel rank #8,229 of 22,440
  • OH personnel rank #448 of 1,108
  • 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Richland County

Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 70235 · Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH 35 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,229
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wilton
  • FEMA-MID $1.4M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Wilton Fire Department, IA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Butler, OH
FDID
70235

FEMA Grant History

$1.4M
Cumulative funding (FY2020–2021)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FF-00196 $1,209,475.95
2020 EMW-2020-FG-18138 $238,190.48

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Ohio average

How Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #448 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,229 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 17% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
138
OH departments
1,501

County roster fringe

Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department is 6.3% of Richland County roster mass

The county lists 16 departments totaling 552 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Wilton Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Franklin Township Fire Department
Shelby · volunteer
Madison Township Fire Department
Mansfield · volunteer
Mansfield Fire Department
Mansfield · career
Mifflin Township Fire Department
Mansfield · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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

Wilton Fire Department, IA 35 Raleigh Fire Department and Ambulance Service, IN 35 Emerson Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 35 Marshfield Fire Rescue Department, WI 35 Babbitt Volunteer Fire Department, MN 35 Coloma Volunteer Fire Department, WI 35 Crawford Volunteer Fire Department, NE 35 Imperial Volunteer Fire Department, NE 35

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department have?

Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department has 35 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 17% above the Ohio average of 30 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #8,229 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within OH, it ranks #448 of 1,108 by personnel.

Does Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department?

Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Richland County, OH. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Worthington Township Volunteer Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,447,666.43 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2020–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Ohio?

Ohio has 1,501 fire departments with 44,930 total personnel. 62% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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