Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouth Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department
Inwood, WV · Berkeley County. South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the West Virginia average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +152%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 2
- 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.
South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Inwood, WV (Berkeley County), with 2 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,863 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,863 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #18 of 359
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Berkeley County
South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 02104 · South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department, WV 58 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,863
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Citizens Hose Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Citizens Hose Volunteer Fire Department 2, PA (+ 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.
- South Berkeley Vo… (this dept) 58
- High Bryan County Emer…, GA 58
- Near Citizens Hose Vol…, PA 58
- Near Forest Volunteer, VA 58
- Near Charlton County, GA 58
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Inwood, WV
- County
- Berkeley County
- FDID
- 02104
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #18 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,863 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster geometry
Berkeley County HIFLD mix around South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department
Berkeley County: 12 departments, 312 personnel (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Citizens Hose Volunteer Fire Department 2, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.