Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company
Mathias, WV · Hardy County. Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the West Virginia average.
- 23rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -13%
- 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.
Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company is a Volunteer department serving Mathias, WV (Hardy County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,318 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,318 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #303 of 359
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Hardy County
Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 77% higher than 23% 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 16102 · Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, WV 20 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,318
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dairyland Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dairyland Volunteer Fire and Rescue, WI (+ 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.
- Mathias Baker Vol… (this dept) 20
- High West Lafayette, OH 20
- Near Dairyland Volunte…, WI 20
- Near Reno Airport Auth…, NV 20
- Near Porter Hill, OK 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mathias, WV
- County
- Hardy County
- FDID
- 16102
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #303 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,318 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster weight
Mathias Baker Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company carries 40.0% of Hardy County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (50 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dairyland Volunteer Fire and Rescue, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.