Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGlen Dale Volunteer Fire Department
Glen Dale, WV · Marshall County. Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.
- 46th pct.
- national personnel size
- +17%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 2
- 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.
Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Glen Dale, WV (Marshall County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,055 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,055 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #198 of 359
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Marshall County
Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 25105 · Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department, WV 27 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,055
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clinton Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clinton Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Glen Dale Volunte… (this dept) 27
- High Clearwater Volunt…, NE 27
- Near Clinton Township, OH 27
- Near Linden Volunteer, WI 27
- Near Likely Volunteer…, CA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Glen Dale, WV
- County
- Marshall County
- FDID
- 25105
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #198 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,055 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department is 8.3% of Marshall County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 325 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 67% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clinton Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.