Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Charleston Fire Department
South Charleston, WV · Kanawha County. South Charleston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Charleston Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the West Virginia average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +83%
- vs. West Virginia average
- 4
- 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 Charleston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving South Charleston, WV (Kanawha County), with 4 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,609 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,609 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #58 of 359
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 31 other listed departments in Kanawha County
South Charleston Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 20326 · South Charleston Fire Department, WV 42 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,609
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Athens-Lime…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Athens-Lime Street Fire Company, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 Charleston (this dept) 42
- High South Pasadena, CA 42
- Near West Athens-Lime…, NY 42
- Near Plainville, MA 42
- Near Goodlettsville, TN 42
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- South Charleston, WV
- County
- Kanawha County
- FDID
- 20326
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How South Charleston Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #58 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,609 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster fringe
South Charleston Fire Department is 4.4% of Kanawha County roster mass
The county lists 39 departments totaling 957 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Athens-Lime Street Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.