Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderShort Gap Volunteer Fire Company
Keyser, WV · Mineral County. Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the West Virginia average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +13%
- 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.
Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Keyser, WV (Mineral County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,874 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,874 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #218 of 359
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Mineral County
Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 30110 · Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company, WV 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,874
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tusculum Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tusculum Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Short Gap Volunte… (this dept) 26
- High Shiloh Zion, SC 26
- Near Tusculum Volunteer, TN 26
- Near Byesville Volunte…, OH 26
- Near Watt Mills, SC 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Keyser, WV
- County
- Mineral County
- FDID
- 30110
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #218 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,874 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
Short Gap Volunteer Fire Company is 5.9% of Mineral County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 444 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 92% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tusculum Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.