Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPipestem Volunteer Fire Department
Pipestem, WV · Summers County. Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +17%
- 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.
Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pipestem, WV (Summers County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,247 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,247 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #203 of 359
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Summers County
Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 45105 · Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department, WV 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,247
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shasta Lake Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shasta Lake Fire Protection District, 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.
- Pipestem Volunteer (this dept) 27
- High South Shore, KY 27
- Near Shasta Lake Fire…, CA 27
- Near Anderson Fire Pro…, CA 27
- Near South Madison Cou…, MS 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pipestem, WV
- County
- Summers County
- FDID
- 45105
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #203 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,247 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
Summers County HIFLD mix around Pipestem Volunteer Fire Department
Summers County: 9 departments, 220 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shasta Lake Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.