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Fountain Volunteer Fire Company

Keyser, WV · Mineral County. Fountain Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.

31
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Fountain Volunteer Fire Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.

Top 43%
national personnel size
+35%
vs. West Virginia average
1
station
$748,772
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
71/100
Fountain Volunteer Fire Company

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 B
31 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$24,154 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
31 personnel · 1 station

Fountain Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Keyser, WV (Mineral County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,559 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $748,772.

  • National personnel rank #9,559 of 22,440
  • WV personnel rank #142 of 359
  • 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Mineral County

Fountain Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 30105 · Fountain Volunteer Fire Company, WV 31 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,559
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Almont Fire Prote…
  • FEMA-MID $749K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Almont 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Keyser, WV
FDID
30105

FEMA Grant History

$749K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FV-90040 $748,771.63

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the West Virginia average

How Fountain Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #142 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,559 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 35% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
55
WV departments
511

County roster fringe

Fountain Volunteer Fire Company is 7.0% of Mineral County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 444 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Almont Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Elk Garden Volunteer Fire Department
Elk Garden · volunteer
Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Company
Fort Ashby · volunteer
Keyser Volunteer Fire Department
Keyser · volunteer
Patterson Creek Volunteer Fire Company
Patterson Creek · volunteer
Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company
Keyser · volunteer
Wiley Ford Fire Company Incorporated
Wiley Ford · volunteer
All WV departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.

Almont Fire Protection District, ND 31 Harvard Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE 31 Joanna Fire Department, SC 31 Colebrook Fire Department, NH 31 Luxemburg Fire Department, WI 31 Tribes Hill Volunteer Fire Department, NY 31 Plaza Volunteer Fire Protection District, ND 31 Wheatland Fire Department, WY 31

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Fountain Volunteer Fire Company have?

Fountain Volunteer Fire Company has 31 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 35% above the West Virginia average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,559 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WV, it ranks #142 of 359 by personnel.

Does Fountain Volunteer Fire Company provide EMS services?

Yes, Fountain Volunteer Fire Company provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Fountain Volunteer Fire Company operate?

Fountain Volunteer Fire Company operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Fountain Volunteer Fire Company?

Fountain Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Mineral County, WV. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Fountain Volunteer Fire Company received federal grants?

Yes, Fountain Volunteer Fire Company has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $748,771.63 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in West Virginia?

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

Related guides

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