Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderYork Township Volunteer Fire Department
Nelsonville, OH · Athens County. York Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
York Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Ohio average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- -40%
- 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.
York Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Nelsonville, OH (Athens County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,967 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,967 of 22,440
- OH personnel rank #1,018 of 1,108
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Athens County
York Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 05206 · York Township Volunteer Fire Department, OH 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,967
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Knox City and Rur…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Knox City and Rural Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- York Township Vol… (this dept) 18
- High Holden, MO 18
- Near Knox City and Rur…, MO 18
- Near Dundee, FL 18
- Near Rock Creek Volunt…, AL 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nelsonville, OH
- County
- Athens County
- FDID
- 05206
Staffing vs the Ohio average
How York Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Ohio. In-state it ranks #1,018 of 1,108 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,967 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 fringe
York Township Volunteer Fire Department is 6.5% of Athens County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 277 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 25% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Knox City and Rural Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every OH department.