Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Wren, OH · Van Wert County. Wren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 20th pct.
- national personnel size
- -33%
- vs. Ohio 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.
Wren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department serving Wren, OH (Van Wert County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,842 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,842 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #981 of 1,108
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Van Wert County
Wren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 81019 · Wren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, OH 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,842
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Carthage Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Carthage Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Wren Fire and Eme… (this dept) 20
- High Dixon Volunteer, IA 20
- Near South Carthage Vo…, TN 20
- Near Carthage, TN 20
- Near Sebeka Fire and R…, MN 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wren, OH
- County
- Van Wert County
- FDID
- 81019
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How Wren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #981 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,842 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 138
- OH departments
- 1,501
County roster geometry
Van Wert County HIFLD mix around Wren Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Van Wert County: 6 departments, 171 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Carthage Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.