Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFairmont Fire Department - Central
Fairmont, WV · Marion County. Fairmont Fire Department - Central is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairmont Fire Department - Central pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the West Virginia average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +83%
- 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.
Fairmont Fire Department - Central is a Career (Paid) department serving Fairmont, WV (Marion County), with 4 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,484 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,484 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #56 of 359
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Marion County
Fairmont Fire Department - Central vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 24204 · Fairmont Fire Department - Central, WV 42 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,484
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenwood
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greenwood Fire Department, SC (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Fairmont Fire Dep… (this dept) 42
- High McKean Hose Compa…, PA 42
- Near Greenwood, SC 42
- Near Hamilton Township, OH 42
- Near Madison Township, OH 42
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Fairmont, WV
- County
- Marion County
- FDID
- 24204
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Fairmont Fire Department - Central's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #56 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,484 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Fairmont Fire Department - Central is 9.6% of Marion County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 437 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greenwood Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.