Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSophia City Volunteer Fire Department
Sophia, WV · Raleigh County. Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the West Virginia average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +78%
- 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.
Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sophia, WV (Raleigh County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,787 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,787 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #62 of 359
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Raleigh County
Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 41113 · Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department, WV 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,787
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wintersville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wintersville Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Sophia City Volun… (this dept) 41
- High Woodlawn, PA 41
- Near Wintersville, OH 41
- Near Plymouth Fire Res…, NH 41
- Near Water Valley Volu…, KY 41
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sophia, WV
- County
- Raleigh County
- FDID
- 41113
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #62 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,787 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
Raleigh County HIFLD mix around Sophia City Volunteer Fire Department
Raleigh County: 18 departments, 297 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 72% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wintersville Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.