Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue
Dunlow, WV · Wayne County. Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.
- Top 45%
- national personnel size
- +30%
- 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.
Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Dunlow, WV (Wayne County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,077 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,077 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #155 of 359
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Wayne County
Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 50108 · Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, WV 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,077
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fairdale Rural Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District, 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.
- Dunlow Volunteer… (this dept) 30
- High Sebring, OH 30
- Near Fairdale Rural Fi…, ND 30
- Near Edinburg, ND 30
- Near Stephensville Vol…, LA 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dunlow, WV
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 50108
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #155 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,077 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
Wayne County HIFLD mix around Dunlow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue
Wayne County: 10 departments, 260 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fairdale Rural Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.