Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35
Fairview, WV · Marion County. Fairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35 is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35 pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the West Virginia average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +117%
- 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.
Fairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35 is a Volunteer department serving Fairview, WV (Marion County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,879 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,879 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #28 of 359
- 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Marion County
Fairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 24106 · Fairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35, WV 50 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,879
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaver Falls
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Beaver Falls Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Fairview Voluntee… (this dept) 50
- High Green Ridge Volun…, PA 50
- Near Beaver Falls, NY 50
- Near Minerva Park Volu…, OH 50
- Near Girdwood, AK 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fairview, WV
- County
- Marion County
- FDID
- 24106
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Fairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #28 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,879 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
Marion County HIFLD mix around Fairview Volunteer Fire Company and Emergency Management Service 35
Marion County: 18 departments, 437 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 61% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Beaver Falls Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.