Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBluefield Fire Department
Bluefield, WV · Mercer County. Bluefield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bluefield Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the West Virginia average.
- 25th pct.
- national personnel size
- -13%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 2
- 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.
Bluefield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Bluefield, WV (Mercer County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,731 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,731 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #288 of 359
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Mercer County
Bluefield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 28202 · Bluefield Fire Department, WV 20 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,731
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marion City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marion City Fire Department, KY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 WV department.
- Bluefield (this dept) 20
- High Lafe Volunteer, AR 20
- Near Marion City, KY 20
- Near Old Harbor Volunt…, AK 20
- Near Center Township V…, IN 20
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Bluefield, WV
- County
- Mercer County
- FDID
- 28202
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Bluefield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #288 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,731 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Bluefield Fire Department is 7.7% of Mercer County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 259 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marion City Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.