Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBuckhannon Fire Department 1
Buckhannon, WV · Upshur County. Buckhannon Fire Department 1 is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Buckhannon Fire Department 1 pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the West Virginia average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +74%
- 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.
Buckhannon Fire Department 1 is a Volunteer department serving Buckhannon, WV (Upshur County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,900 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,900 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #66 of 359
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Upshur County
Buckhannon Fire Department 1 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 49302 · Buckhannon Fire Department 1, WV 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hatton Fire Prote…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hatton Fire Protection District / Hatton Fire Department, ND (+ 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 WV department.
- Buckhannon Fire D… (this dept) 40
- High Preston, IA 40
- Near Hatton Fire Prote…, ND 40
- Near Upper Augusta Tow…, PA 40
- Near Glen Ellen Fire P…, CA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Buckhannon, WV
- County
- Upshur County
- FDID
- 49302
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Buckhannon Fire Department 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #66 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,900 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Upshur County HIFLD mix around Buckhannon Fire Department 1
Upshur County: 6 departments, 186 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 83% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hatton Fire Protection District / Hatton Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.