Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCity of Weirton Fire Department
Weirton, WV · Hancock County. City of Weirton Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 71 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.
- 71
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Weirton Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the West Virginia average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +209%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 4
- 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.
City of Weirton Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Weirton, WV (Hancock County), with 4 stations and 71 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,836 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,836 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #9 of 359
- 5.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Hancock County
City of Weirton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
71 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 15210 · City of Weirton Fire Department, WV 71 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 71
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,836
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Manning
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Manning Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- City of Weirton (this dept) 71
- High Downsville Fire D…, NY 71
- Near Manning, SC 71
- Near Lagrange Fire Dis…, NY 71
- Near Zachary Fire and…, LA 71
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Weirton, WV
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- 15210
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How City of Weirton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #9 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,836 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster weight
City of Weirton Fire Department carries 35.1% of Hancock County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (202 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 71 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Manning Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 71 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.