Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderChester Volunteer Fire Department
Chester, WV · Hancock County. Chester Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chester Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the West Virginia average.
- 8th pct.
- national personnel size
- -39%
- 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.
Chester Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chester, WV (Hancock County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,676 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,676 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #341 of 359
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Hancock County
Chester Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 15101 · Chester Volunteer Fire Department, WV 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sardis Fire Stati…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sardis Fire Station, AR (+ 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.
- Chester Volunteer (this dept) 14
- High East Clay Volunte…, TN 14
- Near Sardis Fire Stati…, AR 14
- Near West Point Volunt…, OH 14
- Near Garden Valley Rur…, ID 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chester, WV
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- 15101
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Chester Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #341 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,676 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Chester Volunteer Fire Department is 6.9% of Hancock County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 202 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sardis Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.