Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNew Martinsville Fire Department
New Martinsville, WV · Wetzel County. New Martinsville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
New Martinsville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the West Virginia average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
New Martinsville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving New Martinsville, WV (Wetzel County), with 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,641 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,641 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #38 of 359
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Wetzel County
New Martinsville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 52106 · New Martinsville Fire Department, WV 46 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,641
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Peterborough Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Peterborough Fire and Rescue, NH (+ 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.
- New Martinsville (this dept) 46
- High Canisteo Volunteer, NY 46
- Near Peterborough Fire…, NH 46
- Near Coudersport Volun…, PA 46
- Near South Dansville V…, NY 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Martinsville, WV
- County
- Wetzel County
- FDID
- 52106
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How New Martinsville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #38 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,641 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Wetzel County HIFLD mix around New Martinsville Fire Department
Wetzel County: 12 departments, 210 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 8% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Peterborough Fire and Rescue, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.