Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPaw Paw Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company
Paw Paw, WV · Morgan County. Paw Paw Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Paw Paw Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Paw Paw Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company is a Volunteer department serving Paw Paw, WV (Morgan County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,827 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,827 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #124 of 359
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Morgan County
Paw Paw 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
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 33103 · Paw Paw Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, WV 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,827
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Midway Fire Distr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Midway Fire District, FL (+ 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.
- Paw Paw Volunteer… (this dept) 33
- High Mount Etna Volunt…, IN 33
- Near Midway Fire Distr…, FL 33
- Near City of Antigo, WI 33
- Near Mullins Fire and…, SC 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Paw Paw, WV
- County
- Morgan County
- FDID
- 33103
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Paw Paw Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #124 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,827 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Morgan County HIFLD mix around Paw Paw Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company
Morgan County: 4 departments, 178 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Midway Fire District, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.