Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderParkersburg Fire Department 1
Parkersburg, WV · Wood County. Parkersburg Fire Department 1 is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 65 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.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Parkersburg Fire Department 1 pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the West Virginia average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +183%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 6
- 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.
Parkersburg Fire Department 1 is a Career (Paid) department serving Parkersburg, WV (Wood County), with 6 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,252 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,252 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #14 of 359
- 9.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Wood County
Parkersburg Fire Department 1 vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 54205 · Parkersburg Fire Department 1, WV 65 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,252
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North End Fire Co…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North End Fire Company, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Parkersburg Fire… (this dept) 65
- High Hudson New Hampsh…, NH 65
- Near North End Fire Co…, PA 65
- Near Hammond Fire Depa…, LA 65
- Near Harrison Township…, PA 65
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Parkersburg, WV
- County
- Wood County
- FDID
- 54205
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Parkersburg Fire Department 1's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #14 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,252 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Wood County
County mix is mostly volunteer (10 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
9.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North End Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.