Department profile
VolunteerNorthfork Volunteer Fire Department
Northfork, WV · Mcdowell County. Northfork Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Northfork Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- +22%
- 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.
Northfork Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Northfork, WV (Mcdowell County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,676 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,676 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #190 of 359
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 16 other listed departments in Mcdowell County
Northfork Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 27109 · Northfork Volunteer Fire Department, WV 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ California Depart…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Pebble Beach, CA (+ 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.
- Northfork Volunte… (this dept) 28
- High Dyer Volunteer, TN 28
- Near California Depart…, CA 28
- Near Soledad, CA 28
- Near Douglas, MA 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Northfork, WV
- County
- Mcdowell County
- FDID
- 27109
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Northfork Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #190 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,676 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster fringe
Northfork Volunteer Fire Department is 9.3% of Mcdowell County roster mass
The county lists 17 departments totaling 301 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 47% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Pebble Beach, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.