Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderUpper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service
Ravencliff, WV · Wyoming County. Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the West Virginia average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +61%
- 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.
Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Ravencliff, WV (Wyoming County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,161 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,161 of 22,440
- WV personnel rank #85 of 359
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Wyoming County
Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 55107 · Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service, WV 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,161
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Tulare
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Tulare Fire Department, 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.
- Upper Laurel Volu… (this dept) 37
- High Syracuse Voluntee…, OH 37
- Near City of Tulare, CA 37
- Near Newark Valley Vol…, NY 37
- Near Sipesville Volunt…, PA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ravencliff, WV
- County
- Wyoming County
- FDID
- 55107
Staffing vs the West Virginia average
How Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #85 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,161 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 55
- WV departments
- 511
County roster weight
Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service carries 25.0% of Wyoming County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (148 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 56% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Tulare Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.