Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBuffalo Volunteer Fire Department
Buffalo, WV · Putnam County. Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- vs. West Virginia 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.
Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Buffalo, WV (Putnam County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,605 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,605 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #118 of 359
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Putnam County
Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 40102 · Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department, WV 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,605
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Volunteer Fire De…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne, PA (+ 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.
- Buffalo Volunteer (this dept) 33
- High Tyler, MN 33
- Near Volunteer Fire De…, PA 33
- Near Morro Bay, CA 33
- Near Lexington, TN 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Buffalo, WV
- County
- Putnam County
- FDID
- 40102
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #118 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,605 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Putnam County HIFLD mix around Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department
Putnam County: 10 departments, 197 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.