Department profile

Volunteer

Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department

Chloe, WV · Calhoun County. Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

32
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the West Virginia average.

Top 42%
national personnel size
+39%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
72/100
Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department

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
32 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
32 personnel · 1 station

Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chloe, WV (Calhoun County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,368 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,368 of 22,440
  • WV personnel rank #137 of 359
  • 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • 2 other listed departments in Calhoun County

Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

32 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 07104 · Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department, WV 32 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #9,368
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Versailles City
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Versailles City Fire Department, MO (+ 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
Chloe, WV
FDID
07104

Staffing vs the West Virginia average

How Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in West Virginia. In-state it ranks #137 of 359 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,368 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 39% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
55
WV departments
511

County roster weight

Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department carries 59.3% of Calhoun County HIFLD personnel

Among 3 listed departments (54 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Versailles City Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel

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