Department profile
VolunteerGrantsville Volunteer Fire Department
Grantsville, WV · Calhoun County. Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the West Virginia average.
- 30th pct.
- national personnel size
- -4%
- 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.
Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grantsville, WV (Calhoun County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,651 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,651 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #269 of 359
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- 2 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 07101 · Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department, WV 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #15,651
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Caryville Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Caryville Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Grantsville Volun… (this dept) 22
- High Ferrysburg, MI 22
- Near Caryville Volunte…, TN 22
- Near Webster Volunteer, WI 22
- Near Rich Creek Volunt…, VA 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grantsville, WV
- County
- Calhoun County
- FDID
- 07101
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #269 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,651 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster weight
Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department carries 40.7% of Calhoun County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (54 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Caryville Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.