Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department
Gauley Bridge, WV · Fayette County. Gauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 8 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 8
- 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.
Gauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gauley Bridge, WV (Fayette County), with 8 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,691 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,691 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #119 of 359
- 24.24 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Fayette County
Gauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 10108 · Gauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department, WV 33 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,691
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Victoria Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Gauley Bridge Vol… (this dept) 33
- High Middlesex Townshi…, PA 33
- Near Victoria, MN 33
- Near Cannonsburg, KY 33
- Near Clearmont Volunte…, NC 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gauley Bridge, WV
- County
- Fayette County
- FDID
- 10108
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Gauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #119 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,691 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Fayette County HIFLD mix around Gauley Bridge Volunteer Fire Department
Fayette County: 14 departments, 298 personnel (11 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.
24.24 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Victoria Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.