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Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department

South Charleston, WV · Kanawha County. Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving South Charleston, WV (Kanawha County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 31 other listed departments in Kanawha County

Dispatch plate

Sheet WV-DAVIS-CREEK-RUTHDALE-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-WV · Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department, WV personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
South Charleston, WV

County roster geometry

Kanawha County HIFLD mix around Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department

Kanawha County: 39 departments, 957 personnel (22 volunteer / 5 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 77% of departments. County / state rollup.

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department?

Davis Creek-Ruthdale Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Kanawha County, WV.

How many fire departments are in West Virginia?

West Virginia has 511 fire departments with 11,756 total personnel. 70% are volunteer departments.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.