Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Upper 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
PlainFireData Composite Score
80/100
Upper Laurel Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service

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.

Staffing capacity B
37 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
37 personnel · 1 station

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Ravencliff, WV
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.

▲ 61% above the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WV department.